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Paperback. Tells the tale of Nellie May Madison, the first woman on Death Row in California. This story offers a glimpse into law and disorder in 1930s Los Angeles and presents a remarkable character whose plight focuses on the status of women, the workings of the media and the judiciary system, and the stratification of society in her time. Series: Women in the West. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803224506
- ISBN
- 9780803224506
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Condition: New
€ 19.32
€ 19.32
Paperback. Though America did not join rebellious Cuban forces against the Spanish empire until 1898, Frederick Funston (1865-1917) was so moved by a speech by Gen Daniel Sickles that he went to Cuba as a filibuster in the battle for Cuban independence. This title presents an account of his adventures in the Cuban Revolution and the Philippine-American war. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JJC; 3JJPG; BM; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 545.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803222892
- ISBN
- 9780803222892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.58
€ 25.99
€ 24.58
Hardback. An assessment of Native American fiction and criticism. It brings the traditions of Native American fiction into conversation with ideas about the past, present and future of Native literatures. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 518.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803222878
- ISBN
- 9780803222878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.45
€ 52.45
Paperback. Plains Indian Sign Talk (PST), a complex system of hand signs, once served as the lingua franca among many Native American tribes of the Great Plains. This study of contemporary uses of PST offers a theoretical approach to language and the body that transcends the 'intellectualist' versus 'phenomenological' impasse in social and linguistic theory. Num Pages: 400 pages, 107 figures, 3 maps, 26 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1K; CF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803222823
- ISBN
- 9780803222823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.13
€ 31.99
€ 31.13
paperback. Coupled with problems such as speculation, food and clothing shortages, conscription, taxation, and a focus on the protection of local interests, desertion started as a military problem and spilled over into the civilian world. This book studies desertion in the Confederate army. It confronts a question: did desertion hurt the Confederacy? Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803220805
- ISBN
- 9780803220805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.87
€ 29.99
€ 26.87
Paperback. By developing the concept of critical space, this title presents a fresh genealogy of twentieth-century American fiction. It argues that the radical American fiction of Jack London, Upton Sinclair, John Dos Passos, and Josephine Herbst re-imagines the spatial concerns of late nineteenth-century utopian American texts. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803220768
- ISBN
- 9780803220768
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.80
€ 29.99
€ 26.80
Hardback. With full-colour photographs of over 587 quilts, this title offers a visual and tactile understanding of American culture and society, bridging the transition from traditional folk culture to the age of mass production and consumption. It shows us some of America's treasured material culture as it was pieced and stitched into place. Editor(s): Hanson, Marin F; Crews, Patricia Cox. Num Pages: 496 pages, 812 color photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; AFW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2246.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803220546
- ISBN
- 9780803220546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.78
€ 107.78
Hardback. An introduction to and overview of the modern era of Kansas politics and government in the context of the state's history and political cultures. It uses the prism of political cultures to interpret Kansas politics and disclose the intimate connections between the state's past and its current politics. Series: Politics & Governments of the American States Series. Num Pages: 290 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803220287
- ISBN
- 9780803220287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.79
€ 80.79
Hardback. A comprehensive description of the Regular Army during the Civil War era. Series: Studies in War, Society, and the Military. Num Pages: 424 pages, 30 illustrations, 1 map, 44 tables, 3 charts, 1 appendix. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1111.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803219106
- ISBN
- 9780803219106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.49
€ 85.49
paperback. Born in a small village in the Everglades in 1920, Buffalo Tiger grew up immersed in the traditional customs and language of the Miccosukees. As the modern world encroached on the Miccosukees and the Everglades shrank around them, he became an energetic and outspoken leader of the community. This is the biography of a tireless leader. Series: Indians of the Southeast. Num Pages: 208 pages, 14 photographs, map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJ; BGA; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218857
- ISBN
- 9780803218857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.28
€ 19.28
Paperback. Documents the trading relationship in the eighteenth century between the Creek Indians and the Anglo-American peoples who settled in what is now the southeastern US. This book is the first to examine extensively the Creek side of this trade, especially the impact of commercial hunting on all aspects of Indian society. Series: Indians of the Southeast. Num Pages: 13 images; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; JFSL9; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218567
- ISBN
- 9780803218567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.57
€ 23.99
€ 23.57
paperback. Presents a history of popular religion, race, and gender in colonial Mexico focusing on questions of spiritual and social rebellion and conformity. This work examines more than one hundred trials of "false mystics" whom the Mexican Inquisition prosecuted in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Series: Engendering Latin America. Num Pages: 276 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 437.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218406
- ISBN
- 9780803218406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.77
€ 29.99
€ 26.77
Paperback. Examines the ways in which easterners who travelled West during the California gold rush of 1849-51 obtained, assessed, and used information. This book follows several gold rush companies across the country, gleaning from their letters and diaries a sense of how they obtained information and evaluated its constantly changing sources. Num Pages: 284 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 443.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218277
- ISBN
- 9780803218277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.75
€ 29.99
€ 26.75
Paperback. The occupation of Alcatraz Island by American Indians from November 20, 1969, through June 11, 1971, focused the attention of the world on Native Americans and helped develop pan-Indian activism. This work examines the takeover, and tells the story of those who organized the occupation and those who participated. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL9; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803217799
- ISBN
- 9780803217799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.38
€ 21.38
Paperback. In their homelands in what is now New York state, the Iroquois have assumed a prominent role in public debate as residents of the region seek ways to resolve multibillion-dollar land claims. This work presents a study of the historical and social issues raised during the Iroquois' long struggle over disputed territorial titles. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 173 x 9. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803217768
- ISBN
- 9780803217768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.28
€ 19.28
Paperback. Examines the shatter zone created in the colonial South through the interactions of American Indians and European colonists. This book assesses the shatter zone region as a whole and the varied ways in which Native peoples wrestled with an increasingly unstable world and worked to re-establish order. Editor(s): Ethridge, Robbie; Shuck-Hall, Sheri Marie. Num Pages: 536 pages, 1 photo, 15 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803217591
- ISBN
- 9780803217591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.40
€ 36.99
€ 35.40
Paperback. Drawing on the oral histories of forty Omaha elders collected in 1992, Dance Lodges of the Omaha People provides insights into how these lodges shaped Omaha cultural identity and illustrates the adaptive abilities of the modern Omaha tribe. A new afterword by the author highlights advances in research on these unique structures since 1992. Num Pages: 214 pages, 7 figures, 18 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803217577
- ISBN
- 9780803217577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.57
€ 23.99
€ 23.57
Hardback. Illuminates how the University of Chicago's innovative Action Anthropology program of ethnographic fieldwork affected the Meskwaki Indians of Iowa. Drawing on interviews and archival records, this work tells the story from the viewpoint of the Meskwaki themselves. It also assesses the impact of Action Anthropology on the Meskwaki settlement. Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 574 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 36. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 574
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803217324
- ISBN
- 9780803217324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.63
€ 74.63
Paperback. Drawing on declassified documents and interviews with more than one hundred US, South Vietnamese, and North Vietnamese sources, this book dissects the various attempts to eradicate the Viet Cong infrastructure and analyzes the effectiveness of each. Num Pages: 496 pages, 36 photos, 3 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBWS2; JPS; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803216020
- ISBN
- 9780803216020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 28.56
€ 29.99
€ 28.56
Hardback. A comparative assessment of Indian treaty negotiation and implementation focusing on the first decade following the United States-Lakota Treaty of 1868 and Treaty Six between Canada and the Plains Cree (1876). It restores Indian treaties to a central position in the investigation of Native-non-Native relations in the United States and Canada. Num Pages: 484 pages, 1 photogrpaph, maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; GTB; JFSL9; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803215894
- ISBN
- 9780803215894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.51
€ 69.51
Hardback. Offers an account that traces the histories of the Native peoples of the American West, from their arrival thousands of years ago to the early years of the nineteenth century. This book depicts Indian country west of the Appalachians to the Pacific, with emphasis on conflict and change. Series: History of the American West. Num Pages: 631 pages, 22 photographs, 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 631
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803215306
- ISBN
- 9780803215306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.82
€ 112.82
Hardback. A collection of essays on Montana literature, focusing on developments in Native American writing, feminist criticism, queer theory and environmentalism. Editor(s): Harrison, Brady. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803213906
- ISBN
- 9780803213906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.45
€ 58.45
Paperback. Offers an account of the Las Vegas gambling scene that surrounded the first weekend of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. This book raises the question of whether this subculture of March Madness is a blessing or a curse - and what, finally, it all means. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803213838
- ISBN
- 9780803213838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.42
€ 21.42
Hardback. The Columbia and its tributaries are rivers of conflict. Mike Barenti entered the heart of this conflict when he slid a whitewater kayak into the headwaters of central Idaho's Salmon River and started paddling toward the Pacific Ocean. This is a narrative of man and nature, one-on-one, but also of man and nature writ large. Series: Outdoor Lives. Num Pages: 244 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWD; WSSN5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803213821
- ISBN
- 9780803213821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.18
€ 30.18