History: specific events & topics
Results 5353 - 5376 of 13247
History: specific events & topics
Hardback. In this work, Marshall Foletta contends that by calling for a new American literature in their journal, "The North American Review", the second-generation Federalists helped American readers break free from imported neo-classical standards, thus paving the way for the American Renaissance. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JPHC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920597
- ISBN
- 9780813920597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.21
€ 71.21
Paperback. Augsberg's taverns and drinking rooms ranged from poorly lit rooms to elaborate marble halls. This volume examines the social and cultural functions served by drinking and tavern life in Germany between 1500 and 1700, and challenges existing theories about urban identity, sociability and power. Series: Studies in Early Modern German History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 b&w illustrations, 3 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; JFSG; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920450
- ISBN
- 9780813920450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.30
€ 32.30
hardcover. Augsberg's taverns and drinking rooms ranged from poorly lit rooms to elaborate marble halls. This volume examines the social and cultural functions served by drinking and tavern life in Germany between 1500 and 1700, and challenges existing theories about urban identity, sociability and power. Series: Studies in Early Modern German History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 b&w illustrations, 3 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; JFSG; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920443
- ISBN
- 9780813920443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.84
€ 82.84
Williamsburg, Virginia: A City before the State: An Illustrated Histor...
. Ed(S): Hamilton-Phillips, Martha; Maccubbin...
hardcover. This comprehensive volume documents the rise of Williamsburg in chronological and thematic chapters enhanced by 378 maps, drawings and photographs. It covers all three centuries of Williamsburg's history and the diverse cast that has met the city's historical challenges. Editor(s): Hamilton-Phillips, Martha; Maccubbin, Robert P. Num Pages: 328 pages, 378 colour and b&w illustrations, maps, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- City of Williamsburg, VA United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920115
- ISBN
- 9780813920115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 48.21
€ 51.99
€ 48.21
Hardback. A significant number of 19th century Virginians, both black and white, migrated to extricate themselves from a slave society. This work argues that this migration intensified the national controversy over human bondage and helped shape American identity and the American definition of freedom. Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute Series in Black Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920085
- ISBN
- 9780813920085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.06
€ 56.06
The Southern Agrarians and the New Deal. Essays After "I'll Take My St...
. Ed(S): Bingham, Emily S.; Underwood, Thomas...
Hardback. A collection of six essays by key American Agrarians such as Donald Davidson, Andrew Nelson Lytle and Herman Clarence Nixon. Combined with an introduction, they offer a radically revised view of the Agrarian movement as it was redefined and revived during the New Deal. Editor(s): Bingham, Emily S.; Underwood, Thomas A. Series: Southern Texts Society. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JPWD; JPWF; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919959
- ISBN
- 9780813919959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
Paperback. A history of Norfolk. It tells the story of America's biggest maritime port from the first contact between a Spanish sailor and a Chiskiack man in 1561 to the city's late-20th-century concerns, including pollution, urban development, racial tensions and traffic in illegal guns. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3J; HBJK; HBTB; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 785.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919881
- ISBN
- 9780813919881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.27
€ 37.27
Paperback. A collection of ten essays by 12 scholars on the American Civil War. They debate issues surrounding the centrality of slavery to disunion, the nature of master-slave relations in the Old South, and the impact of the war on postbellum race relations, politics and culture. Editor(s): Paquette, Robert L.; Ferleger, Louis A. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919522
- ISBN
- 9780813919522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.14
€ 52.14
Paperback. A discussion of the probability (shown by DNA tests) that Thomas Jefferson was the father of his slave Sally Hemings's children. The essays reflect the deeper questions the relationship between Jefferson and Hemings has raised about American history and national culture. Editor(s): Lewis, Jan; Onuf, Peter S. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919195
- ISBN
- 9780813919195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.72
€ 40.72
hardcover. Challenging the denigration of western-educated Africans as a culturally barren "kleptocratic" elite, this work shows that they occupied a shifting medial position between colonizers and colonized. In the process they created an intellectual culture grounded in indigenous and European sources. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFCX; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813919072
- ISBN
- 9780813919072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.75
€ 87.75
Paperback. An exploration of the often conflicted relationship between the United Democratic Front's large-scale resistance to apartheid and its everyday struggles at the local level. Interviews with Cachalia and other personalities in the UDF examine the organization's workings. Series: Reconsiderations in Southern African History. Num Pages: 384 pages, 9 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPN; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL; JPL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918686
- ISBN
- 9780813918686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.54
€ 37.54
Paperback. This text recreates the daily life of slaves at Poplar Forest, Jefferson's second home. It explores the relationships within the plantation and the resulting choices, compromises and limitations that slaves negotiated in the process of making a home in the confines of institutionalized slavery. Num Pages: 96 pages, 39 b&w illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 204 x 8. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918679
- ISBN
- 9780813918679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.98
€ 23.98
Paperback. The work focuses on the life of a horse wrangler named Chonrad Stoeckhlin (1549-1587), whose extraordinary visions of the afterlife and enthusiastic practice of the occult eventually led to his death - and to the death of a number of village women - for crimes of witchcraft. Translator(s): Midelfort, H. C. Erik. Series: Studies in Early Modern German History. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRQX5; HRQX9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918532
- ISBN
- 9780813918532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.38
€ 37.38
paperback. This text, first published in 1960, presents a study of Thomas Jefferson's posthumous reputation, and its influence on American imagination and political thought from the 1820s to the 1930s. It examines how Jefferson's reputation rose and fell and what this shows about America's evolving culture. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBTB; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 133 x 34. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918518
- ISBN
- 9780813918518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.33
€ 57.33
Paperback. Authors describe the characteristics and traditions of each tribe and also the plants and animals native to each ecozone and essential components of the Indians' habitat and diet, demonstrating how these geographical and ecological differences shaped their cultural and daily everyday lives. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3F; 3H; 3J; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918013
- ISBN
- 9780813918013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.38
€ 38.38
Paperback. This text explores the culture of the pre-colonial West African state of Dahomey against the backdrop of the Atlantic slave trade and European imperialism. Tracing 200 years of history up to the French colonial conquest in 1894, the book follows change in the monarchy and the palace. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations, maps,ports. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTS; JFCX; JFSJ; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917924
- ISBN
- 9780813917924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.43
€ 41.43
Hardback. This text explores the culture of the pre-colonial West African state of Dahomey against the backdrop of the Atlantic slave trade and European imperialism. Tracing 200 years of history up to the French colonial conquest in 1894, the book follows change in the monarchy and the palace. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations, maps,ports. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTS; JFCX; JFSJ; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 807.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917917
- ISBN
- 9780813917917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Paperback. This history of England's first ventures into the New World combines information gathered from excavations of sites with accounts from journals, letters and official records. The exploits of Sir Walter Ralegh, Captain John Smith, and the life and death of Pocahontas are illuminated. Series: The Virginia Bookshelf. Num Pages: 519 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KB; BG; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 519
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917580
- ISBN
- 9780813917580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.22
€ 53.22
hardcover. Using primary documents, this work examines the characteristics of North Carolina's African-American population in order to explain the social and political factors that shaped economic opportunity for this group from the Civil War until 1915. Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute Series in Black Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9 b&w illustrations, 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917337
- ISBN
- 9780813917337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.26
€ 57.26
Hardback. When analyzing recorded oral histories from her mother and grandmothers, Thomas noticed how inappropriate laughter often accompanied painful stories. This text applies Bakhtin's idea of carnival laughter to narratives about gender, the female body, and its significance in a nonhumourous context. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; HBTD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917238
- ISBN
- 9780813917238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.52
€ 82.52
Hardback. Series: Minds of the new South. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBAH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917085
- ISBN
- 9780813917085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.41
€ 71.41
hardcover. From racial disturbances in Miami has emerged the image that Blacks, Hispanics and Anglos are pitted against one another for resources. This text explores the construction of ethnic identities and ethnic group conflict, including interviews with politicians, journalists and business people. Series: Race, Ethnicity and Politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; HBTB; JFF; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917047
- ISBN
- 9780813917047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.83
€ 76.83
Hardback. The emergence of the two-party system in the 1830s led to the democratization of the nation and to decades of heated dispute about democracy. This work demonstrates that Virginia typified the nation more closely than any other state in the emergence of this political system. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JPHV; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916545
- ISBN
- 9780813916545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.22
€ 78.22
Hardback. This volume brings together 16 essays on the American revolution which approach the revolution as an episode in British imperial history rather than as the first step in the creation of an American nation. The text also investigates why the American revolution was not more radical. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916088
- ISBN
- 9780813916088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.65
€ 95.65