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Hardcover. Although the heroism of last century's freedom marches will long be credited for ending racial discrimination, civil rights legislation owes much to work done more quietly in the district courtrooms of the South. This book helps in understanding how the Voting Rights Act came about by focusing on several key cases in Alabama. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJPK; HBTB; JPHF; JPVH1; LAZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615100
ISBN
9780700615100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.39

paperback. "A Free Ballot and a Fair Count" examines the efforts by the Department of Justice to implement the federal legislation passed by Congress in 1870-71 known as the Enforcement Acts. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 222 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPVH1; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 347.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823220847
ISBN
9780823220847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.27

Hardback. "A Free Ballot and a Fair Count" examines the efforts by the Department of Justice to implement the federal legislation passed by Congress in 1870-71 known as the Enforcement Acts. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 222 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPVH1; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 471.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823220830
ISBN
9780823220830
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.66

Paperback. The story of a 13-year-old slave who escaped from Washington Territory to freedom in Canada on the West's underground railroad Series: V Ethel Willis White Books. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992716
ISBN
9780295992716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHV; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226333069
ISBN
9780226333069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.47

Paperback. A unique and remarkable account of the war in Chechnya by the internationally acclaimed author of Siberian Education Translator(s): Richards, Jamie. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUAC; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282. A Sniper's Story from Chechnya. 416 pages. A unique and remarkable account of the war in Chechnya by the internationally acclaimed author of Siberian Education. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVUAC; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLX. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 26. Weight: 282. Translator(s): Richards, Jamie.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847679727
ISBN
9781847679727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.73

hardcover. "A Free Man of Color and His Hotel" weaves the story of a uniquely successful black businessman into the burgeoning post-Civil War political struggle that pitted the federal government against the states' desire to remain autonomous. Born in Washington, D.C. Num Pages: 184 pages, 8 b notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 11. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597978330
ISBN
9781597978330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.15

Paperback. The candid autobiography from Britain's most trusted politician, now available in paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBLX; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848870475
ISBN
9781848870475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.71

Hardback.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848870468
ISBN
9781848870468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.66

Paperback. Foner's famous book has been one of the most influential and successful works dealing with the factors that brought the North to fight the Civil War. Foner has now written a new introduction that puts his argument in the book into the context of contemporary scholarship. Num Pages: 400 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195094978
ISBN
9780195094978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.54

Hardcover. Does America have a free press? Many who say yes appeal to First Amendment protections against censorship. Sam Lebovic shows that free speech, on its own, is not sufficient to produce a free press and helps us understand the crises that beset the press amid media consolidation, a secretive national security state, and the daily newspaper's decline. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674659773
ISBN
9780674659773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.28

Hardcover. Clean copy. Fine in dustjacket. DJ is very worn and torn, with a rip at the top of the spine. Some foxing throughout but binding remains tight and text is clear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
The Talbot Press Dublin
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1922
SKU
KOC0013140
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 240.00

Paperback. Eye-witness accounts by two reporters from the Irish Independent newspaper of the historic Treaty debates of Dail Eireann, held in University College Dublin's Earlsfort Terrace building in December 1921 and January 1922. Series: Classics of Irish History S. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 186 x 120 x 10. Weight in Grams: 127.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University College Dublin Press Dublin, Ireland
Edition
Facsimile
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621793
ISBN
9781900621793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.11

Paperback. Based on years of research and personal interviews, Eric L. Muller recreates the emotions and events that followed the punishment imposed on the young men who refused to follow draft orders in World War II. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226548234
ISBN
9780226548234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.12

Hardcover. Examines the tactics and strategies that the adherents of the foreign slave trade used to challenge the law. This book reassesses the role that Americans played in the continuation of foreign slave transshipments into the country right up to the Civil War. Num Pages: 230 pages, 11 illustrations & maps, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTS; LNDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557288585
ISBN
9781557288585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.65

Hardback. This text examines how the political cultures of the elite and of the common people intersected during the 17th century in England. It looks at politics at all social levels and investigates how it was affected by expectations about women's roles in politics. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198206125
ISBN
9780198206125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.21

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 748 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HPS; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 40. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
748
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691642949
ISBN
9780691642949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 345.40

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 748 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1074.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
748
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691615530
ISBN
9780691615530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 164.88

Paperback. A work of political history in which significant economic and political forces and events that shaped the nineteenth century are examined. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBLL; HBTB; HPC; HPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415487399
ISBN
9780415487399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.06

Paperback. The electrifying story of India's struggle for independence, told in this classic account (first published in 1975) by two fine journalists who conducted hundreds of interviews with nearly all the surviving participants - from Mountbatten to the assassins of Mahatma Gandhi. Num Pages: 656 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 488.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006388517
ISBN
9780006388517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.80

Hardcover. The culmination of an extraordinary literary project that Herbert Hoover launched during World War II, his magnum opus - at last published nearly fifty years after its completion - offers a revisionist reexamination of the war and its cold war aftermath and a sweeping indictment of the 'lost statesmanship' of Franklin Roosevelt. Editor(s): Nash, George H. Num Pages: 1080 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 64. Weight in Grams: 1624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817912345
ISBN
9780817912345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.09

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17, 13 black & white halftones, 2 maps, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568. Anti-slavery and Empire in Victorian Britain. 312 pages, Illustrations, maps. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Dimension: 156 x 239 x 24. Weight: 570.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801451089
ISBN
9780801451089
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.28

Paperback. Draws on ex-slave narratives, oral histories, written memoirs, and public records to describe how the freedom colonies formed and recreates the lifeways of African Americans who made their living by farming or in skilled trades such as milling. The authors also uncover the forces that led to the decline of the communities from the 1930s onward. Series: Jack & Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 39 b&w photos. BIC Classification: GTB; HBJK; KFFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292706422
ISBN
9780292706422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.95

Paperback. Translator(s): Sousa, Maria Fernanda Noronha da Costa e. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSP; HBJD; JPFB; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Black Rose Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551641386
ISBN
9781551641386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.10

Paperback. Series: Oxford Oral History Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JPVH1; JWG; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199896554
ISBN
9780199896554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.39

Paperback. On October 24, 1929, America met the greatest economic devastation it had ever known. In this first installment of his Pulitzer Prize- winning Freedom from Fear, Kennedy tells how America endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of that unprecedented calamity. Series: Oxford History of the United States. Num Pages: 504 pages, 16pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 768.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195168921
ISBN
9780195168921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.85

Paperback. Between 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II. This volume tells the story of how Americans endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of the unprecedented calamaties of World War II. Series: Oxford History of the United States. Num Pages: 528 pages, 16pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 770.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
506
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195168938
ISBN
9780195168938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.11

paperback. Collects writings from the Nobel Peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. Bringing together her powerful speeches, letters and interviews, this collection gives a voice to Burma's 'woman of destiny', whose fate remains in the hands of her enemies. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 81. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141039497
ISBN
9780141039497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. Paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear. Ex library with usual markings.
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
The Institute of Irish Studies
Publication date
1990
SKU
KRF0020373
ISBN
9780853893714
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 9.39

Paperback. 8vo.Standard paperback edition

. Northern Ireland, Ulster. First edition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
The Institute of Irish Studies
Publication date
1990
SKU
KEX0296879
ISBN
9780853893714
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. Between 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II. Freedom from Fear tells the story of how Americans endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of those unprecedented calamities. Series: Oxford History of the United States. Num Pages: 992 pages, 65 halftones, 10 line figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1388.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
947
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195144031
ISBN
9780195144031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 20.72

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGA; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813933092
ISBN
9780813933092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.58

Paperback. Andrews examines the civil rights struggle in Mississippi, where resistance to racial integration proved to be the strongest in the US. His study covers the activities of black activists and of white supremacists, and considers how the anti-integration campaign continued after the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations, maps, bibliographical references. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; HBJK; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226020433
ISBN
9780226020433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Paperback. Tracing the struggle to open the American workplace to all, this work shows how African-American and later Mexican-American civil rights activists and feminists concluded that freedom alone would not suffice: access to jobs at different levels is a requisite of full citizenship. Num Pages: 496 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674027497
ISBN
9780674027497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.88

Hardcover. 8vo. A good copy in original dustwrapper slightly worn at edges.History of India in the twentieth century.The Commomwealth.Indian Literature
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
New Dehli
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1979
SKU
KEX0269823
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 21.00

Hardcover. A powerful history of emancipation that reshapes our understanding of Lincoln, the Civil War, and the end of American slavery. Num Pages: 596 pages, 8 pages illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 170 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
First
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393065312
ISBN
9780393065312
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.85

Paperback. Winner of the Lincoln Prize. "Oakes brilliantly succeeds in [clarifying] the aims of the war with a wholly new perspective."-David Brion Davis, New York Review of Books Num Pages: 640 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393347753
ISBN
9780393347753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.72

Paperback. Looks at five countries, in each of which a long struggle for freedom has taken place; in each the people, having shed blood and dreams, are still waiting. This book shows us the lives behind the headlines. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Black Swan
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552773324
ISBN
9780552773324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.31

Paperback. 8vo. A good copy in original dustwrapper slightly worn at edges.History of India in the twentieth century.The Commomwealth.Indian Literature
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Asia Pub. House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1966
SKU
KEX0269831
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. First edition - 4to. Very good copy - KAW0100 - 91pp. - Parliament of Victoria, Victoria Australia
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Parliament of Victoria Victoria Australia
Number of pages
91
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
SKU
KCK0002034
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00