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c 1800 to c 1900

Paperback. Almost 100 years before Rosa Parks, Sojourner Truth was mistreated by a streetcar conductor. She took him to court and won! Before she was Sojourner Truth, she was known simply as Belle. Even after she escaped from slavery, she knew her work was not yet done. She changed her name and travelled, inspiring everyone she met and sharing her story. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; YNH; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 195 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780448486789
ISBN
9780448486789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.74

Paperback. .
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
DGS
Condition
New
SKU
V9780448481821
ISBN
9780448481821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.35

Paperback. After escaping to the North in 1838, as a free man he gave powerful speeches about his experience as a slave. He was so impressive that he became a friend of President Abraham Lincoln, as well as one of the most famous abolitionists of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; YNH; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 137 x 193 x 7. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780448479118
ISBN
9780448479118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.72

Paperback. Filled with broken hearts and black ravens, Edgar Allan Poe's ghastly tales have delighted readers for centuries. Born in Boston in 1809, Poe was orphaned at age two. Poe devoted his life to writing and his tragic life often inspired his work. He is considered to be the inventor of detective fiction and the father of American mystery writers. Num Pages: 112 pages, full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; YNH; YNL; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 137 x 193 x 13. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Dgs
Condition
New
SKU
V9780448483115
ISBN
9780448483115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.22

Paperback. Born into wealth in 1860's London, Beatrix Potter always had a vivid imagination. Her early interests included natural history and archaeology, and Potter delighted in sketching fossils and fungi. Potter wrote and illustrated her well-known book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Peter Rabbit and his animal friends have become cultural touchstones. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 137 x 194 x 8. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Dgs
Condition
New
SKU
V9780448483054
ISBN
9780448483054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.42

paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816642595
ISBN
9780816642595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.56

Hardback. Presents a story of the battle over the Thirteenth Amendment, and of James Ashley, the unsung Ohio congressman who proposed the amendment and steered it to passage. This book takes you to the floor of Congress and to the back rooms where deals were made. It brings to life the messy process of legislation and more. Num Pages: 320 pages, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226178202
ISBN
9780226178202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.10

Hardcover. A fascinating anthology of narratives from the period 1735-1830, by European women who recount their enslavement in North Africa. The first such collection, it includes an extensive introduction which links the discourse on contemporary Western women captives in Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq with that of former white captives in North Africa. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230221987
ISBN
9780230221987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.62
€ 145.69

Paperback. Examines the roles of white women in Australia's and the United States' policies of indigenous child-removal and education. Num Pages: 592 pages, 24 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 1MBF; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSJ1; JFSL9; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 206 x 36. Weight in Grams: 882.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803235168
ISBN
9780803235168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.26

Paperback. This text offers evidence that alcohol encouraged white conquest and destroyed Native Americans. It presents the motivations of the government and its people in promulgating and prohibiting alcohol among Indians. It recounts the devastating role that intoxicants had in the "winning" of the West. Num Pages: 180 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFH1; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700609642
ISBN
9780700609642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.56

Paperback. Late Imperial Russia's revolution in literacy touched nearly every aspect of daily life and culture, from social mobility and national identity to the sensibilities and projects of the country's writers. This title tells the story of this profound transformation of culture, custom and belief. Editor(s): Brooks, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JH; 3JJ; CFC; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810118973
ISBN
9780810118973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Paperback. Examines the life of the androgynous nineteenth-century American actress and her work on the Anglo-American stage Series: Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AN; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472087495
ISBN
9780472087495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.95

paperback. This study describes how two late 19th-century electronic technologies - the telephone and the electric light - were publicly envisaged both by specialized engineering trade journals and the popular media. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; THRS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSK0000529
ISBN
9780195063417
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. The 1814 invasion of Washington. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2x8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848546134
ISBN
9781848546134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.16

Hardback. Tells the story of Jackie Robinson valiantly breaking baseball's color barrier in 1947. Focusing on Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Richmond - three cities with large African American populations and thriving baseball clubs, this book uncovers the origins of baseball's segregation and the mechanics of its implementation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803235212
ISBN
9780803235212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.14

paperback. Num Pages: 35 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 3. Weight in Grams: 60.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Utah State Special Collection United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
35
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874217179
ISBN
9780874217179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.67

Paperback. When Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the "Corps of Discovery" left St Louis, Missouri, on May 21, 1804, their mission was to explore the vast, unknown territory acquired a year earlier in the Louisiana Purchase. The travellers hoped to find a waterway that crossed the western half of the US. They didn't. Num Pages: 112 pages, includes a 16-page black & white insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 136 x 200 x 7. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780448479019
ISBN
9780448479019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; HBTB; JFSL3; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820340647
ISBN
9780820340647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.93

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Snake River Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906022044
ISBN
9781906022044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. Looks at an important aspect of southern memory: Reconstruction. The author examines what both white and black South Carolinians thought about the history of Reconstruction and how it shaped the way they lived their lives in the first half of the twentieth century. Series: American South Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928777
ISBN
9780813928777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.27