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Hardcover. This looks at events of 1876 - a trying year for the White House. The Seventh Cavalry was wiped out by the Sioux, and Ulysees Grant's peace process lay in tatters as a result. Scandals diverted Grant's attention from larger policy questions. A series of prosecutions culminated in the February trial of Orville Babcock, Grant's private secretary. Editor(s): Simon, John Y. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1188.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809326310
ISBN
9780809326310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.51

Hardcover. Grant's second administration begins with trouble as rival governments squabble over Louisiana. Violence in California threatens his policy of peace with indigenous people, and in November, the execution by Spanish authorities of 53 sailors falsely flying the US flag shocked America. Editor(s): Ferraro, William M.; Lisec, Aaron M.; Carroll, Kathleen. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 164 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1343.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809322770
ISBN
9780809322770
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.38

Hardcover. In this volume of Grant's papers, he is nominated for a second term, accepts and carries most states. He wins favour with the public by continuing his efforts to quell violence in the South and encouraging embattled Republicans, hoping to replace military protection with political legitimacy. Editor(s): Ferraro, William M.; Lisec, Aaron M.; Carroll, Kathleen. Num Pages: 560 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 164 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1293.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809322763
ISBN
9780809322763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.22

Paperback. Faced with cancer and financial ruin, the Civil War's greatest general and former president, Ulysses S Grant wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family's future. In doing so, he won himself a unique place in American letters. This title deals with his life as a soldier. Num Pages: 704 pages, 48 pp b&w illustrations & maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGHA; DSBF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 195 x 33. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140437010
ISBN
9780140437010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81

Paperback. Series: Culture and Social Practice S. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, graphs. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 225 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9783899426908
ISBN
9783899426908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.82

Hardback. In The Geographies of Social Movements Ulrich Oslender examines the activism of black communities in the lowland rain forest of Colombia's Pacific coast to show how the mutually constituting relationships between residents and their environment informs the political process. Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 304 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 232 x 23. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822361046
ISBN
9780822361046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.99

Paperback. In The Geographies of Social Movements Ulrich Oslender examines the activism of black communities in the lowland rain forest of Colombia's Pacific coast to show how the mutually constituting relationships between residents and their environment informs the political process. Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 304 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361220
ISBN
9780822361220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

Paperback. aeo A clear account of the founding movement of the modern world. aeo Wide--ranging with England, Scotland and Ireland receiving most attention, plus many references to American thought. aeo Encompasses all aspects of The Enlightenment -- literary, political, philosophical, religious and scientific. Series: Making of Europe. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631205111
ISBN
9780631205111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Ulrich, Garrett M. Num Pages: 81 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; GTB. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611220315
ISBN
9781611220315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 99.60
€ 68.31

Paperback. Shortly after midnight on March 18, 1990, two men broke into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and committed the largest art heist in history. They stole a dozen masterpieces. The theft has become one of the nation's extraordinary mysteries. Art detective Harold Smith worked the theft for years. This work explores his unfinished leads. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JJPR; ABK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061451843
ISBN
9780061451843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.26

Paperback. New York is a city of writers. And when the city was attacked on 9/11, its writers began to do what writers do, they began to look and feel and think and write. This book gathers a multi-hued range of voices that convey, with immediacy and imagination, the shock and loss suffered in September. Editor(s): Baer, Ulrich. Num Pages: 344 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 121 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814799352
ISBN
9780814799352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; KND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 135 x 27. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679766445
ISBN
9780679766445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.86

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592134236
ISBN
9781592134236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.05

Paperback. Examining Stein's notebooks, manuscripts and letters, this book asks questions and explores fresh ways of reading Stein. It also examines the process of the making and remaking of Stein's texts as they move from notepad to notebook to manuscript. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 704 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 974.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810125261
ISBN
9780810125261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 21 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; RPC; RPT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 247 x 5. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Urban Land Institute
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874203691
ISBN
9780874203691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.91

Paperback. Editor(s): Molau, Ulf; Ollgaard, Benjamin. Series: Reports from the Botanical Institute S. Num Pages: 86 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 146 x 6. Weight in Grams: 118.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
86
Condition
New
SKU
V9788787600194
ISBN
9788787600194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.34

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 120. BIC Classification: 1KB; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 685.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801446467
ISBN
9780801446467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.67

Paperback. Sugar was the single most valuable bulk commodity traded internationally before oil became the world's prime resource. From the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, cane sugar production was pre-eminent in the Atlantic Islands, the Caribbean, and Brazil. Subsequently, cane sugar industries in the Americas were transformed.. Editor(s): Bosma, Ulbe; Giusti-Cordero, Juan A,; Knight, G. Roger. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTQ; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 231 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845457846
ISBN
9781845457846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.82

Paperback. Editor(s): Pracene, Ulan C. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594546556
ISBN
9781594546556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.51
€ 54.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 912 pages, 250 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBCY; VSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 76. Weight in Grams: 1814.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
912
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628738117
ISBN
9781628738117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.97