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c 1800 to c 1900

Hardback. Based on the workshops in Salzburg and Charlottesville sponsored by Monticello's International Center for Jefferson Studies, this title examines a question of longstanding interest to American historians: the nature of the relationship between America and Europe during the Age of Revolution. Editor(s): Sadosky, Leonard J.; Nicolaisen, Peter; Onuf, Peter S.; O'Shaughnessy, Andrew. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928470
ISBN
9780813928470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.82

Hardback. As the largest of the original thirteen colonies, Virginia played a central role in the fight for independence and as a state in the new republic. Three remarkable Virginians stand out in their service to the new nation: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. This title presents biographical portraits of each of them. Num Pages: 832 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
832
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928760
ISBN
9780813928760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.40

Hardback. In the spring of 1861, Virginians confronted destiny. Pivotal decisions awaited about secession, the consequences of which would unfold for a hundred years and more. But few Virginians wanted to decide at all. Instead, they talked, almost interminably. This title offers a collection of speeches by men for whom everything was at risk. Editor(s): Freehling, William W.; Simpson, Craig M. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813929484
ISBN
9780813929484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.26

hardcover. Editor(s): Hackett, Mary A.; Stagg, J. C. A.; Colony, Anne Mandeville; Harbury, Katharine F.; Johnson, Mary Parke. Series: Secretary of State S. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 975.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813930985
ISBN
9780813930985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.29

Hardback. Series: Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ; JPZ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813931272
ISBN
9780813931272
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.29

paperback. Editor(s): Schwarz, Professor Philip J. Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813932958
ISBN
9780813932958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.70

Hardback. Series: Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps, figures, charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813933177
ISBN
9780813933177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.27

Paperback. This works to dispel persistent notions about Jefferson's allegedly paradoxical and sphinx-like quality. Maurizio Valsania shows that Jefferson's multifaceted character and personality are to a large extent the logical outcome of an anti-metaphysical, enlightened and humility-oriented approach to reality. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813934457
ISBN
9780813934457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.51

Hardback. Series: The American South Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813938745
ISBN
9780813938745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.97

hardcover. Editor(s): Zunz, Olivier. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 384 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BM; HBLL; HBTV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813939018
ISBN
9780813939018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.29

paperback. Series: Modern Literature Initiative. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; 3JH; 3JJ; DSK; HBTB; JFC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813939162
ISBN
9780813939162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.88

Hardback. Famous for its majestic ruins, Mexico has gone to great lengths to preserve and display the remains of its pre-Hispanic past. The Pursuit of Ruins argues that the government effort to take control of the ancient remains took off in the late nineteenth century during the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz. Series: Dialogos Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; HDD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826357311
ISBN
9780826357311
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.86

Hardback. This is look at the portrayal of child deaths, actual and literary, throughout the 19th century, exploring the relationship between grief and words, experience and consolation. Num Pages: 268 pages, 12 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JFSP1; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826512871
ISBN
9780826512871
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.53

Hardback. Presents the study of the emergence of Devon's seaside resorts. Relating the development of these resorts to the wider processes of social and economic change, this book explains why early tourists were drawn to the remote Devon coast and shows how fishing villages were transformed into fashionable watering places. Series: Exeter Maritime Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b&w plates, 5 maps, 12 tables, 18pp half-tones, index. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; KCZ; YQH. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859893923
ISBN
9780859893923
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.36

Hardback. Sir George Cockburn was the influential serving officer in the politics of the British navy in the nineteenth century. This book examines the career of a formidable personality who maintained the interests and professionalism of the British navy through one of the most difficult periods of political and technological evolution it has yet faced. Series: Exeter Maritime Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 169 x 27. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895262
ISBN
9780859895262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.36

Hardback. Contributors include Alfred F. Young, Gary J. Kornblith, John M. Murrin, Allan Kulikoff, Edward Countryman, Peter H. Wood, W. J. Rorabaugh, Alan Taylor, Michael Merrill, Sean Wilentz, and Cathy N. Davidson. Num Pages: 385 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
385
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875801766
ISBN
9780875801766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.21

hardcover. Despite the horrors of punishment in a society so different from Western ideologies, the Russian government hugely modernized its correctional system toward the end of imperial rule. This study traces the development of the penal system from the "Great Reforms" to the "Main Prison Administration". Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; JKVP; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875802152
ISBN
9780875802152
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.36

Hardback. This analysis demonstrates how Catholic primary schooling played a key role in transforming France into a modern nation between 1830 and 1939. Focusing on Lyon, the Rhone and the industrial Loire Valley, it shows that Catholic teaching orders created the foundations of modern French education. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC7; JNK; JNLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875802626
ISBN
9780875802626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.71

Hardback. Reveals Nietzsche's impact upon the French life of the mind and clarifies the crisis in European thought that foreshadowed and helped bring about World War I. The author examines a range of intellectuals and opinion-makers, demonstrating that social frameworks shaped responses to Nietzsche's works. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; HPCD; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875802695
ISBN
9780875802695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.61

Hardback. Examines attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs about the production and consumption of food in Russia from the late 18th century through the mid 19th century. This book looks at the way individuals sought to define their nationality not only against outside influences, but also by incorporating those outside influences into a national whole. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875803814
ISBN
9780875803814
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.94

Hardback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875804996
ISBN
9780875804996
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.36

Paperback. Presents case studies with evidence from surviving letters that indicate a kind of "love" existing between the ex-slave mistress and her former master. The author follows the journey of these women and children from the south to Cincinnati, which had the largest per capita population outside the South during the antebellum period. Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 200 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875807232
ISBN
9780875807232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.87

Paperback. Tells the story of a little fleet of wooden warships, bought on credit by an impoverished band of revolutionaries and sent to sea on a single mission: to win Texas's independence from Mexico. This work recounts the story of how the Texas navy helped the Republic of Texas break away from Mexico and change the course of history in the American West. Num Pages: 397 pages, 10 b&w photos, 13 b&w illustrations, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTM; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
397
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597970532
ISBN
9781597970532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.18

paperback. Charles George Gordon was the preeminent military hero of the late-Victorian British Empire. A lifetime officer in the Royal Engineers, he served in several theaters of war and imperial contest, most notably China and the Sudan. Series: Military Profiles. Num Pages: 140 pages, 11 b+w photos & maps. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Potomac Books United States
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781597971454
ISBN
9781597971454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.43

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