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Hardcover. This volume examines the ways in which 19th-century novels and texts that portrayed women performing charity helped to make the inclusion of this work in the domestic sphere seem natural. It examines the contradictions this caused within the domestic ideal by making women "public persons". Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813920887
ISBN
9780813920887
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.05

Paperback. This volume gives an account of contraction in household authority and the effects these changes had upon the governmental system. It argues that the disintegration of household powers during the mid 19th century is much more central to the modernization of the period than industrialization. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921266
ISBN
9780813921266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.14

Paperback. The author of this text set out to capture and relate the history of her ancestors - African Americans in central Virginia after the Civil War. Using plantation documents and oral histories in the form of stories, anecdotes and sayings, she has created a history of a slave community. Series: American South Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTG; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921372
ISBN
9780813921372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.45

Hardcover. What was it like to be a slave in colonial South Africa? What difference did freedom make? John Edwin Mason presents complex answers after delving into the slaves' experience within the slaveholding patriarchal household, primarily during the period from 1820 to 1850. Series: Reconsiderations in Southern African History. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921785
ISBN
9780813921785
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.29

Paperback. What was it like to be a slave in colonial South Africa? What difference did freedom make? John Edwin Mason presents complex answers after delving into the slaves' experience within the slaveholding patriarchal household, primarily during the period from 1820 to 1850. Series: Reconsiderations in Southern African History. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921792
ISBN
9780813921792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.15

Hardcover. In 1631, at the epicentre of the worst excesses of the European witch-hunts, Friedrich Spee, a Jesuit priest, published the "Cautio Criminalis", a book speaking out against the trials that were sending thousands of innocent people to gruesome deaths. Translator(s): Hellyer, Marcus. Series: Studies in Early Modern German History. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRQX5; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921815
ISBN
9780813921815
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.02

Paperback. In 1631, at the epicentre of the worst excesses of the European witch-hunts, Friedrich Spee, a Jesuit priest, published the "Cautio Criminalis", a book speaking out against the trials that were sending thousands of innocent people to gruesome deaths. Translator(s): Hellyer, Marcus. Series: Studies in Early Modern German History. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRQX5; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921822
ISBN
9780813921822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.29

Hardcover. A combination of environmental history, travel writing, literary criticism, and memoir, this book features a pivotal figure who is the nineteenth-century diplomat and writer George Perkins Marsh, generally regarded as America's first environmentalist. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBTB; RNA; WTLC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925769
ISBN
9780813925769
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.47

Paperback. In the wake of World War II, the Nazi genocide of European Jews has come to stand for "the unspeakable," posing crucial challenges to the representation of suffering. This book argues against the "unspeakable" as any kind of inherent quality of such an event. It shows how, when, and why the term "unspeakable" is used. Num Pages: 278 pages, 3 b & w illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTS; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925813
ISBN
9780813925813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.09

Paperback. Pocahontas may be the most famous Native American who ever lived, but during the settlement of Jamestown, and for 2 centuries afterward, the great chiefs Powhatan and Opechancanough were the subjects of considerably more interest and historical documentation than the young woman. This book provides the biographies of these three important figures. Num Pages: 304 pages, 23 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925967
ISBN
9780813925967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.40

Hardcover. Explores the century-long process whereby the Massachusetts Bay Colony went from a distant outpost of the incipient British Empire to a stable society integrated into the transatlantic economy. This title demonstrates how small infrastructure improvements established the foundation for more ambitious, overseas adventures. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 b&w illustrations, 1 map, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926360
ISBN
9780813926360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.31

Hardcover. Examines voluntary associations in Philadelphia from the Revolution into the 1830s, revealing how - in the absence of mass political parties or a party system - these associations served as incubators and organizational infrastructure for the development of intense partisanship in the early republic. Num Pages: 384 pages, 9 b&w illustrations, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926483
ISBN
9780813926483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.08

Paperback. Offers a comprehensive guide to the history of trees in urban landscapes. Covering four centuries of development in the cities of Europe and America, this book shows how trees became integral to urban landscapes by looking at the historical evolution of the spaces in which they were planted and how these spaces were used. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HBTP; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928005
ISBN
9780813928005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.04

Hardcover. A leading representative of New York in the Continental Congress, John Jay (1745-1829) became one of the American commissioners who negotiated peace with Great Britain. This work consists of a wide-ranging selection of some of the most significant and interesting public and private documents and letters, written or received by Jay. Editor(s): Nuxoll, Elizabeth Miles. Num Pages: 912 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928043
ISBN
9780813928043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.74

Hardcover. Conveys the experience of bondage through the words of former slaves themselves. Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute Series in Black Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928227
ISBN
9780813928227
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.17

Paperback. Looks at an important aspect of southern memory: Reconstruction. The author examines what both white and black South Carolinians thought about the history of Reconstruction and how it shaped the way they lived their lives in the first half of the twentieth century. Series: American South Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928777
ISBN
9780813928777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.27

Hardcover. Asks how 'reading for the law' as literary history contributes to the progressive educational purposes of the Law and Literature movement. This title demonstrates the relevance of literary history to feminist jurisprudence and suggests how literary history might contribute to other forms of 'outsider jurisprudence'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3J; DSB; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928937
ISBN
9780813928937
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

Hardcover. Editor(s): Jay, John. Series: Selected Papers of John Jay. Num Pages: 960 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HBT; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813931234
ISBN
9780813931234
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.88

Hardcover. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 583.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813931685
ISBN
9780813931685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.23

Paperback. Series: Jeffersonian American. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 551.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813932231
ISBN
9780813932231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.19

Hardcover. Editor(s): Nuxoll, Elizabeth Miles. Num Pages: 768 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBTV; JFSL3; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1247.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813932804
ISBN
9780813932804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.75

Hardcover. Editor(s): Mattern, David B.; Stagg, J. C. A.; Johnson, Mary Parke; Colony, Anne Mandeville. Series: Retirement Series. Num Pages: 744 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813933764
ISBN
9780813933764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.68

Hardcover. Editor(s): Hoth, David R.; Ebel, Carol S. Num Pages: 784 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBT; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1247.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813934167
ISBN
9780813934167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.53

Paperback. Although Frederick Douglass is best known for the first volume of his autobiography, there has never before been a collection of his inspiring speeches and editorials. Noted historian Milton Meltzer has gathered together a unique selection of Douglass's eloquent and impassioned speeches and writings against slavery and other moral injustices. Editor(s): Barnes, L. Diane. Series: Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: B; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813934365
ISBN
9780813934365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.03

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, tables. BIC Classification: HBT; JPFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813935546
ISBN
9780813935546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.80

Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813935584
ISBN
9780813935584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.65

Hardcover. Series: A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813935850
ISBN
9780813935850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.08

Paperback. Award-winning journalists Rex Bowman and Carlos Santos offer a dramatic re-creation of the University of VirginiaAEs early struggles. Political enemies, powerful religious leaders, and fundamentalist Christians fought Thomas Jefferson and worked to thwart his dream. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813937632
ISBN
9780813937632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.19

Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HBTZ1; MMKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813937953
ISBN
9780813937953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.47

Hardcover. By telling the story of France's noncitizen soldiers - who included not only men born abroad but also Jews and blacks whose citizenship rights were subject to contestation - Christopher Tozzi sheds new light on the roots of revolutionary France's inability to integrate its national community despite the inclusionary promise of French republicanism. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBTV2; HBW; JFSL3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 32. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813938332
ISBN
9780813938332
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.19

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 maps, 14 charts, 176 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813938424
ISBN
9780813938424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.33

Paperback. Provides the first sustained modern critical reading of Ruskin's Fors Clavigera, placing this classic work in the context of its Victorian contemporaries: art journals, liberal and working-class periodicals, and popular criticism. In re-creating the intellectual climate, she demonstrates the sense of cultural crisis and change evident at the time. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813938844
ISBN
9780813938844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.82

Paperback. A history of small craft used from the earliest times, when water was the only highway, to the 20th century's recreational use of motor boats on the waterways of the Adirondacks. Num Pages: 344 pages, 250 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; TRL; WSSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 210 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815603740
ISBN
9780815603740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.25

Hardcover. Governors Island, situated in New York Harbor, blends a sense of nostalgia with twenty-first-century amenities. This book creates a portrait of the island through photographs, blueprints, architectural plans, and interviews with former residents. It is suitable for enthusiasts of military and New York history alike. Num Pages: 288 pages, 271 colour illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1746.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609360
ISBN
9780815609360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.87

Paperback. This work offers insights into how specific films influenced the Americanization of the Holocaust and how the medium per se helped seed that event into the public consciousness. It provides an analysis of "Schindler's List" and the debate over the merit of Spielberg's vision of the Holocaust. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 272 pages, 37 photographs, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: APFA; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629269
ISBN
9780815629269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 433 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816500529
ISBN
9780816500529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 190 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816504268
ISBN
9780816504268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.35

Hardcover. Editor(s): Wendrich, Willeke. Num Pages: 276 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HDA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816507672
ISBN
9780816507672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816518609
ISBN
9780816518609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3H; HBJK; HBLC; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 533.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816518685
ISBN
9780816518685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.13