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History: specific events & topics
Pittsburg State University: A Photographic History of the First 100 Ye...
Roberts, Randy, Phillips, Shannon
Hardcover. Recounts how the Pittsburg State University took root and grew from a vocational school to a multipurpose campus with over one hundred programs of study. This book chronicles the story of the emergence of this modern university from its chrysalis. Num Pages: 216 pages, 373 photographs, 49 in colour. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616442
- ISBN
- 9780700616442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.57
€ 38.57
Hardcover. During America's turbulent antebellum era, the Supreme Court decided important cases - most famously Dred Scott - that spoke to sectional concerns and shaped the nation's response to the slavery question. This title presents a comprehensive examination of the major slavery cases that came before the Court between 1825 and 1861. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616664
- ISBN
- 9780700616664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.94
€ 78.94
Paperback. Broadens the scope and meaning of American Indian political activism by focusing on the movement's early and largely neglected struggles, revealing how early activists exploited Cold War tensions in ways that brought national attention to their issues." Num Pages: 318 pages, 33 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617500
- ISBN
- 9780700617500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.07
€ 48.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617586
- ISBN
- 9780700617586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.94
€ 29.99
€ 25.94
Paperback. An entertaining cultural history of the American family vacation during the height of its popularity from 1945 to 1973. Reveals the ways in which the ritual of the family road trip, for most middle-class Americans became a way of defining what it meant to be (and become) American. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 240 pages, 35 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617593
- ISBN
- 9780700617593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.58
€ 37.58
Hardcover. Drawing on deep archival research that tracks federal expenditures on slavery-related items, this book reveals how the institution of slavery not only shaped domestic and foreign policy but also shaped the structure of the federal government itself. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 595.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617968
- ISBN
- 9780700617968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.50
€ 77.50
Paperback. A leading political historian explains the enduring significance of the dynamic 1912 election featuring four candidates three with previous White House experience and one a future prison inmate as they dealt with pressing issues such as free trade, the political role of women, and a socialist movement at its apex." Series: American Presidential Elections. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618569
- ISBN
- 9780700618569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.49
€ 37.49
Paperback. A deeply informed yet concise and sprightly narrative traces the stories of the people, events, and developments that have shaped the Old Dominion State and also the USA. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619948
- ISBN
- 9780700619948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.59
€ 49.59
Hardcover. An innovative and thorough history of how Hitler's war to eliminate Europe's Jews and the Wehrmacht's war versus the Allies were in conflict with each other to the material detriment of the latter. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, 35 photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620067
- ISBN
- 9780700620067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.11
€ 83.11
Paperback. The first book-length survey of cinema's vital role in the Cold War cultural combat between the U.S. and the USSR. Focuses on 10 films five American and five Soviet, both iconic and lesser-known works showing that cinema provided a crucial outlet for the global "debate" between democratic and communist ideologies." Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APF; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620203
- ISBN
- 9780700620203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.07
€ 48.07
Paperback. The first comprehensive analysis of the Founders' religious beliefs as they themselves expressed them. Contends that they were neither what contemporary secularists nor what contemporary Christians often wish they were that is, neither deist nor Christian." Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; HBWF; HRAM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620210
- ISBN
- 9780700620210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.74
€ 52.74
Paperback. A compelling and entertaining account of the year that represents the apex of 1920s American culture. Shatters the stereotype of the Roaring Twenties as a time of frivolity and excess and reveals instead a society torn between holding on to its glorious past while trying to navigate a brave new world. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700621132
- ISBN
- 9780700621132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.51
€ 37.51
Paperback. Columbia Rising: Civil Life on the Upper Hudson from the Revolution to the Age of Jackson Series: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia. Num Pages: 648 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBT; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469609737
- ISBN
- 9781469609737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.31
€ 51.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBT; HBW; JHMC; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 557.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469628660
- ISBN
- 9781469628660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.33
€ 53.33
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 92 drawings, 1 Map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469629506
- ISBN
- 9781469629506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.54
€ 52.54
Paperback. Presents a guide to the Antietam battlefield with comprehensive maps and descriptions of the action, narratives about key figures and events, and a variety of contemporary and postwar source materials offering stories and interpretations. Num Pages: 336 pages, Colour and black & white photographs, 31 full-colour maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; HBWJ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469630205
- ISBN
- 9781469630205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.77
€ 24.99
€ 23.77
Hardback. Series: Studies in United States Culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTK; JFCA; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469631899
- ISBN
- 9781469631899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.20
€ 130.20
Paperback. Examining the breadth of Northern popular culture, J. Matthew Gallman offers a dramatic reconsideration of how the Union's civilians understood the meaning of duty and citizenship in wartime. This groundbreaking study investigates how men and women, both white and black, understood their roles in the People's Conflict. Series: Civil War America. Num Pages: 336 pages, 69 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWJ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469633411
- ISBN
- 9781469633411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.69
€ 40.69
Paperback. Innocent Weapons: The Soviet and American Politics of Childhood in the Cold War Series: The New Cold War History. Num Pages: 304 pages, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJD; HBJK; HBTW; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 1. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469633442
- ISBN
- 9781469633442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.98
€ 44.98
Paperback. Dividing Line Histories of William Byrd II of Westover Editor(s): Berland, Kevin Joel. Series: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia. Num Pages: 528 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBTQ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469633459
- ISBN
- 9781469633459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.13
€ 65.13
paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; GTB; HBTR; JFSL9; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- SKU
- V9781517901424
- ISBN
- 9781517901424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.98
€ 30.98
Paperback. Within the Plantation Household: Black and White Women of the Old South Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 563 pages, Illustrations, 1map,1facsim.,ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 835.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 563
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807842324
- ISBN
- 9780807842324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.19
€ 51.19
Paperback. The origins of racism and slavery in British North America from the perspective of gender are examined in this book. The author argues that gender was both a basic social relationship and a model for other social hierarchies, and assesses its role in the construction of racism in Virginia. Num Pages: 584 pages, 10 illustrations, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTS; JFFJ; JFSJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807846230
- ISBN
- 9780807846230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.03
€ 62.03
Paperback. Tracing the rise of racist and eugenic ideologies in Germany, this text explores how the Nazi programme of secretly exterminating the handicapped and disabled evolved into the systematic destruction of Jews and gypsies. It describes how the programme provided a practical model for the Holocaust. Num Pages: 448 pages, 28 tables, bibliography, index, 1 illustration, notes. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807846759
- ISBN
- 9780807846759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.13
€ 65.13