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Paperback. Presents an ethnohistorical survey of Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche military societies. This book examines their structure, functions, rituals, and martial symbols, showing how they fit within larger tribal organizations. It also explores how military societies, like powwows, have become a distinct public format for cultural and ethnic continuity. Num Pages: 528 pages, 16 halftones, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1078.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292705180
ISBN
9780292705180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.17

Paperback. Tells the story of the Comanche Code Talkers, who played a vital role in transmitting orders and messages in a code that was never broken. Num Pages: 322 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWQ; JWH; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 475.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292752740
ISBN
9780292752740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Hardback. Answers the fundamental question: How does a university like Georgetown maintain and develop its Catholic and Jesuit identity while actively engaging in the often conflicting political, social, and religious debates that America must urgently conduct today? Num Pages: 374 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878405022
ISBN
9780878405022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.60

Hardback. As star players for the 1955 World Champion Brooklyn Dodgers, and prior to that as the first black players to be candidates to break professional baseball's color barrier, Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella would seem to be natural allies. Behind the bitterness were deep and differing beliefs about the fight for civil rights. Num Pages: 248 pages, 23 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH1; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803246331
ISBN
9780803246331
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Series: Keystone Book. Num Pages: 280 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JFSL1; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271027425
ISBN
9780271027425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.77

Paperback. Almost A Dynasty details the rise and fall of the World Champion 1980 Phillies. Based on personal interviews, newspaper accounts, and the keen insight of a veteran baseball writer, the book convincingly explains how a losing team was finally able to win its first world championship. Num Pages: 392 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WSBT; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812222456
ISBN
9780812222456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 43 photographs, 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; BM; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803290860
ISBN
9780803290860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.44

Paperback. An account of President Lincoln's reconstruction policy after the American Civil War. It challenges the view of many historians that Lincoln modified his policies late in the war. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813109718
ISBN
9780813109718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.30

Hardcover. Beginning with the presidential campaign of 1864 and ending with his shocking assassination, Lincoln's ability to master the daunting affairs of state during the final nine months of his life proved critical to his apotheosis as saviour and saint of the nation. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674011991
ISBN
9780674011991
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.97

paperback. Several hundred tribes of Native Americans were living within or hunting and trading across the borders of Texas when Cabeza de Vaca and his shipwrecked companions washed up on a Gulf Coast beach in 1528. This title describes the historic Native peoples of Texas by geographic regions. Num Pages: 366 pages, 1 line drawing, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 738. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292717930
ISBN
9780292717930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.12

Paperback. Correlating climate change and archaeological data, an award-winning historian offers the first comprehensive overview of how the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age significantly impacted the Native cultures of the American Southwest, Southern Plains, and Southeast Series: Clifton & Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3H; 3JB; HDD; JHMC; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292737617
ISBN
9780292737617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; JNMN; KNSP; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271032931
ISBN
9780271032931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.29

Paperback. Berman shows how Clinton won reelection in l996 by moving steadily to the center, even to the extent of co-opting the Republican agenda, while defending a number of key Democratic programs. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 361.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801858727
ISBN
9780801858727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.66

Paperback. Offers a multi-archival review of the history of Chinese-American conflict and cooperation in the 1970s. Editor(s): Kirby, William C.; Ross, Robert S.; Li, Gong. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 425 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 143 x 29. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
425
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674025943
ISBN
9780674025943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.53

Paperback. This work shows how immigrants in the USA responded to the Civil War. It stresses the social and political situation in the US from which the phenomonon of the ethnic regiments emerged, the relationships the groups had within larger society, and the impact the war had on the ethnics. Series: North's Civil War. Num Pages: 282 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBW; JFFN; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823218288
ISBN
9780823218288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.61

Hardback. A comprehensive, annotated listing of over a thousand books, monographs, and articles containing substantive information on all the American Indian languages of California and closely related languages outside its boundaries. Series: Native American Bibliography Series. Num Pages: 234 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 2J; CFF; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810815476
ISBN
9780810815476
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.86

Paperback. Series: Dover Books on Americana. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRLM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 163 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486452609
ISBN
9780486452609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.59

Paperback. .
Publisher
Forgotten Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781334247200
ISBN
9781334247200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 4.15

Paperback. The tenth anniversary edition of The Oxford History of Mexico tells the fascinating story of Mexico as it has evolved from the reign of the Aztecs through the twenty-first century Num Pages: 688 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1114.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
664
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199731985
ISBN
9780199731985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.09

Paperback. * Complete coverage of all the major themes and current debates in nineteenth-century US history assessing the state of the scholarship and future concerns. *24 original essays by leading experts in nineteenth-century American history complete with up-to-date bibliographies. Editor(s): Barney, William L. Series: Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 432 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 7. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405149822
ISBN
9781405149822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.60

Paperback. Explores the entire landscape of Black radio from the early days - when the white public accepted the black-face buffoonery of "The Amos and Andy Show" and "Beulah" as a fair depiction of African-American life - to the rise of personality jocks and the contemporary scene of corporate buyouts and uncertain fate. Num Pages: 334 pages, 25ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFD; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JPVH; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566396677
ISBN
9781566396677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.00

Hardback. Relates Midwestern pastoral writers to their local geographies and explains their approaches. This book treats five Midwestern pastoralists - Willa Cather, Aldo Leopold, Theodore Roethke, James Wright, and Jim Harrison. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821416600
ISBN
9780821416600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Hardback. Once a keystone of the Democratic Party, American Catholics are today helping to put Republicans in office. This book traces changes in party allegiance and voting behavior of Catholics in national elections over the course of 150 years and explains why much of the voting bloc that supported John F Kennedy has deserted the Democratic coalition. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC7; JPA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878407248
ISBN
9780878407248
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.83

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 black and white and colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 332 x 27. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Gibbs M. Smith Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781423641230
ISBN
9781423641230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.51

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