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Paperback. Between 1940 and 1974, the number of African American farmers fell from 681,790 to just 45,594 - a drop of 93%. In his hard-hitting book, historian Pete Daniel analyses this decline and chronicles black farmers' fierce struggles to remain on the land in the face of discrimination by bureaucrats in the US Department of Agriculture. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JPP; JPVH1; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469622071
ISBN
9781469622071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.68

Hardback. Considers the agricultural underpinnings of the ancient Roman economy Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 37. Weight in Grams: 665.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472108022
ISBN
9780472108022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.14

Paperback. From a safe in the corner of their new store, the brothers - John and Mahlon Thatcher - founded what was to become the First National Bank of Pueblo, Coloradoand the beginnings of a financial empire that would encompass cattle companies from New Mexico to Canada. This title tells their stories, spanning the years after the Civil War through WWII. Num Pages: 211 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896725638
ISBN
9780896725638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.20

Paperback. Editor(s): Garner, Stanton. Num Pages: 340 pages, 5 illus. 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; KNAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Brown University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874513660
ISBN
9780874513660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.11

Hardcover. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNAT; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Utah State University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874218633
ISBN
9780874218633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; HBJK; HBTB; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874179477
ISBN
9780874179477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.24

Paperback. The colorful story of California's official Gold Rush town available in an accessible new format Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nevada Press United States
Edition
New edition, New format
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874178562
ISBN
9780874178562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.10

Paperback. In this authentic account of a seafaring life, Captain George Moskovita offers a highly personal and often humorous look at the career of a commercial fisherman. In a career that spanned more than sixty years, Moskovita met with many maritime adventures, recounted for the reader in a clear, direct, and unsentimental style. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; KNAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870718243
ISBN
9780870718243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; KNAL; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870718090
ISBN
9780870718090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white photographs & illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; KNAL; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Edition
Second Edition, 2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870718038
ISBN
9780870718038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 36.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; KNAL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 853.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870715792
ISBN
9780870715792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.57

Hardback. Explores how the sugar beet industry transformed the rural Midwest by introducing large factories, contract farming, and foreign migrant labour. Identifying rural areas as centres for modern American industrialism, this title contributes to an ongoing re-orientation of labour history from urban factory workers to rural migrant workers. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBTB; HBTK; KCF; KNAC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252034367
ISBN
9780252034367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.18

Paperback. With decades of experience as a gala event planner, award-winning director and producer Ron Miziker presents the ultimate guide to planning and executing every special event in this one-of-a-kind guidebook. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; KC; KJM; KNA; KNSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 127 x 38. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826355515
ISBN
9780826355515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.38

Paperback. As early as the eighteenth century, Spanish explorers left place-names, lost mines, and legends scattered throughout Colorado's San Juan Mountains. This book offers a glimpse into the lives of towns that sprang up in remote canyons and mountain plateaus in southwestern Colorado. Num Pages: 192 pages, 71 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826346506
ISBN
9780826346506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNAT; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826343574
ISBN
9780826343574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.44

Paperback. Presents the documented history of how the Navajo people lived, how they worked and how they died waiting for compassionate federal compensation for laboring in the most hazardous conditions imaginable, and which were known at the time yet concealed from them. Editor(s): Brugge, Doug; Benally, Timothy; Yazzie-Lewis, Esther. Num Pages: 230 pages, 13 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826337795
ISBN
9780826337795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: HBTB; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826331656
ISBN
9780826331656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
5th or later Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822954262
ISBN
9780822954262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFT; KCLT; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816528363
ISBN
9780816528363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.94

Paperback. Exploring the history and importance of corn worldwide from anthropological, social, political and economic perspectives, Warman traces its development from a New World food of poor and despised peoples into a commodity that plays a major role in the modern global economy. Translator(s): Westrate, Nancy L. Series: Latin America in Translation/enTraduccion/em Traducao. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBT; KNAC; TVKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807854372
ISBN
9780807854372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.90

Hardcover. From his Kentucky farm, Wendell Berry preaches and practices stewardship of the land as he seeks to defend the value and traditions of farm life in an industrial capitalist society. This book explores key aspects of Berry's thought, as well as his overall contribution to environmental theory. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; KNAC; RNA; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612307
ISBN
9780700612307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.01

Paperback. Combines current theory on globalisation of food with case studies to discuss the changing agricultural and food system in the era of ConAgra and other large transnational corporations. This volume looks at the operations of these corporate giants and examines the winners and losers. Editor(s): Bonanno, Alessandro; Busch, Lawrence; Friedland, William (Professor of Sociology, University of California, USA); Gouveia, Lourdes (Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Nebraska, USA); Mingione, Enzo (Professor of Sociology, University of Messina, Italy). Series: Rural America. Num Pages: 336 pages, 32 tables. BIC Classification: KJK; KNAC; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700606610
ISBN
9780700606610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700603350
ISBN
9780700603350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.94

Hardcover. European agricultural policy has the potential to restructure gender relations Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFE; KCS; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472117734
ISBN
9780472117734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.49

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