History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. The meaning of race in the antebellum southern United States was anchored in the racial exclusivity of slavery and full citizenship. The author explains how heated debates over interracial marriage were also attempts by whites to undermine African American men's demands for suffrage and a voice in public affairs. Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 illustrations, 1 map, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBTB; JFFE; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 29. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807858820
- ISBN
- 9780807858820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.54
€ 50.54
Paperback. In the Eye of All Trade: Bermuda, Bermudians, and the Maritime Atlantic World, 1680-1783 Series: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. Num Pages: 704 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1021.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807872840
- ISBN
- 9780807872840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.01
€ 73.01
Hardcover. Set against the backdrop of women's work experiences, friendships, and communities during World War I, this title draws on a substantial body of new archival material to expose the roadblocks still present in practices and imagine new alternatives. It clarifies the ethical value and political purpose of identity history. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226001586
- ISBN
- 9780226001586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.55
€ 118.55
Hardcover. Illuminates an ethic of moral imperfectionism, a set of anticolonial, antifascist practices devoted to ordinariness and abnegation that ranged from doomed mutinies in the Indian military to Mahatma Gandhi's spiritual discipline. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTR; HPS; JPF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226019871
- ISBN
- 9780226019871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.02
€ 118.02
Hardcover. Num Pages: 376 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 782.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226021263
- ISBN
- 9780226021263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.55
€ 47.55
Hardcover. Describes the formation of a masculine ideology in the decades prior to the war, and shows how it thrived - on the job, and through union politics. This title provides a context for our ideas of postwar masculinity and whiteness and finally returns the men of the home front to our reckoning of the Greatest Generation and the New Deal era. Num Pages: 360 pages, 29 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; 3JJH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226038865
- ISBN
- 9780226038865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.93
€ 124.93
Hardcover. Our traditional image of Chicago is such a powerful shaper of the city's identity that many of its closest observers fail to notice that a new Chicago has emerged over the years. The author tackles some of our more commonly held ideas about the Windy City - inherited from such icons as Theodore Dreiser, Carl Sandburg, Robert Park, and Mike Royko. Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBJK; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226042930
- ISBN
- 9780226042930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.98
€ 32.98
Paperback. Examines cooking through the dual lens of archaeology and art history. The book describes prehistoric eating in ancient Turkey; traditions of the great civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome; and rituals of the Middle Ages and the "Late Gothic International" period. Num Pages: 462 pages, 140 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; WBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 168 x 26. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226062549
- ISBN
- 9780226062549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.35
€ 50.35
Hardcover. In 1959, Virginia's Prince Edward County closed its public schools rather than obey a court order to desegregate. This title recounts the test of wills that pitted resolute African Americans against equally steadfast white segregationists in a battle over the future of public education in America. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL1; JNL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226063898
- ISBN
- 9780226063898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.30
€ 77.30
Hardcover. First established 150 years ago, Chicago Sinai is one of America's oldest Reform Jewish congregations. This title brings modern Jewish history, immigration, urban history, and religious history together to trace the roots of radical Reform Judaism from across the Atlantic to this rapidly growing American metropolis. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HRAX; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226074542
- ISBN
- 9780226074542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.30
€ 77.30
Hardcover. Examines the inspirations and foundations for James MacQueen's geographical theory as well as its reception, arguing that Atlantic slavery and ideas for alternatives to it helped produce geographical knowledge, while geographical discourse informed the struggle over slavery. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBTP; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226078069
- ISBN
- 9780226078069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.41
€ 72.41
Paperback. Including short tales of urban life, editorials on prostitution, and moralizing rants against homosexuality, this work presents selections that epitomize a distinct form of urban journalism. Providing an overview of this colorful reportage, its editors, and its audience, it examines nineteenth-century ideas of sexuality and freedom. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 272 pages, 49 halftones, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; GBCS; HBT; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226112343
- ISBN
- 9780226112343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.69
€ 31.69
Hardcover. Shows how federal intervention spurred a dramatic shift in the language and logic of racial integration in residential neighborhoods after World War II - away from invocations of a mythical racial hierarchy and toward talk of markets, property, and citizenship. Num Pages: 496 pages, 13 halftones, 4 maps, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 34. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226262758
- ISBN
- 9780226262758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.65
€ 120.65
Hardcover. In the second half of the nineteenth century, American cities began to go dark. As hulking new buildings overspread blocks and glass and smog screened out the health-giving rays of the sun, and doctors began to note a resurgence of diseases of darkness like rickets and tuberculosis. This book tracks the American obsession with sunlight. Num Pages: 240 pages, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFSG; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226262819
- ISBN
- 9780226262819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.44
€ 69.44
Hardcover. Far from ephemeral consumer trends, buying green and avoiding sweatshop-made clothing represent the most recent points on a centuries-long continuum of American consumer activism. This book presents the history of this political tradition. It traces its lineage back to our nation's founding. Num Pages: 416 pages, 35 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFT; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 31. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226298658
- ISBN
- 9780226298658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.58
€ 119.58
Hardcover. Reconsidering Patricia Hearst's story, this book recreates the atmosphere of uncertainty of mid-1970s America. It paints a portrait of a nation confused and frightened by the upheavals of 1960s liberalism and beginning to tip over into what would become Reagan-era conservatism, with its invocations of individual responsibility and the heroic. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBTB; JFC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226305226
- ISBN
- 9780226305226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.19
€ 118.19
Hardcover. The baby abandoned on the doorstep is a phenomenon that has virtually disappeared from our experience, but in the early modern world, unwanted children were a very real problem for parents, government officials, and society. This work recreates sixteenth-century Nuremberg to explore what befell abandoned, neglected, abused, or delinquent children. Num Pages: 480 pages, 64 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317274
- ISBN
- 9780226317274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.94
€ 119.94
Hardcover. Each year, North Americans spend as much money fixing up their homes as they do buying new ones. This title charts the rise of the home improvement industry in the United States and Canada from the end of World War I into the late 1950s. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 472 pages, 62 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; KNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317663
- ISBN
- 9780226317663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.53
€ 71.53
Hardcover. From the colonial era to the present, the ever-shifting debate about America's almost uninterrupted population growth has exerted a profound influence on the evolution of politics, public policy, and economic thinking in the United States. This title explains the ways that population ideas and anxieties have provoked a wide range of policies. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHBD; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226347622
- ISBN
- 9780226347622
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.34
€ 76.34
Paperback. Downtown America transcends the archetypal story of downtown's rise and fall and offers a dynamic new story of urban development in the United States. Moving beyond conventional narratives, Alison Isenberg shows-that downtown's trajectory was not dictated by inevitable free market forces or natural life-and-death cycles. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226385082
- ISBN
- 9780226385082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.73
€ 45.73