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c 1800 to c 1900
Paperback. This work presents an overview of the American state of Virginia, where the full fury of the Civil War was felt. It describes this most traumatic of national events, with the death, wounding and capture of over 500,000 men, and the end of an outmoded economic system which had enslaved millions. Num Pages: 197 pages, 59 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813914572
- ISBN
- 9780813914572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.98
€ 14.99
€ 14.98
hardcover. A biographical sketch of the antecedents, early life and career of William Thornton, particulary known for his design of the US Capitol. It includes his early antislavery writings, and detailed accounts of the evolution of the first successful steamboat. Num Pages: 720 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; AM; BGHA; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1243.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813913445
- ISBN
- 9780813913445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.53
€ 126.53
Hardback. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813910932
- ISBN
- 9780813910932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.55
€ 145.55
Hardback. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813908038
- ISBN
- 9780813908038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.39
€ 146.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 168 x 8. Weight in Grams: 209.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Univ Tennessee Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572333253
- ISBN
- 9781572333253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.98
€ 27.98
Paperback. German immigrants came to America for two main reasons: to seek opportunities in the New World and to avoid political and economic problems in Europe. This work demonstrates the crucial role they played in Missouri's architectural, political, religious, economic and social landscape. Series: Missouri Heritage Readers Series. Num Pages: 128 pages, 50 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Missouri Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826210944
- ISBN
- 9780826210944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.82
€ 16.99
€ 15.82
paperback. Discusses the underlying causes of the US Civil War as they relate to Missouri and reveals how the war helped create both the legend and the reality of Jesse James and his gang. Series: Missouri Heritage Readers Series. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HBW; JFC; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Missouri Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826209597
- ISBN
- 9780826209597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.47
€ 16.99
€ 15.47
Global Scientific Practice in an Age of Revolutions, 1750-1850
. Ed(S): Manning, Patrick; Rood, Daniel
Hardback. Examines key elements of science in societies across Spanish America, Europe, West Africa, India, and Asia as they increasingly overlapped each other. Chapters focus on the range of participants in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century science, their concentrated effort in description and taxonomy, and advances in techniques for sharing knowledge. Editor(s): Manning, Patrick; Rood, Daniel. Num Pages: 392 pages, 24 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBLL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944546
- ISBN
- 9780822944546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.63
€ 71.63
Paperback. Explores how the emergence of a new literary marketplace in the mid-nineteenth century affected the study of history in America. In an effort to illuminate the cultural conditions for this boom, this book focuses on the business of book making and book promotion. It analyzes the subscription sales techniques of book agents. Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; GTB; HBTB; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496255
- ISBN
- 9781558496255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.61
€ 46.61
Paperback. This text examines the history of skiing in America, from its utilitarian origins to its transformation into a purely recreational activity. It integrates the history of skiing in the context of cultural, social and economic developments. Num Pages: 248 pages, 37 illustrations,. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; WSWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558490475
- ISBN
- 9781558490475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.43
€ 43.43
Paperback. Offering an introduction to the field of archaeology, the authors use a single case study to demonstrate the power of their interdisciplinary approach, and create a fresh portrait of 19th-century domestic life in the company-owned boarding-houses of the Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts. Num Pages: 128 pages, 37 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HD; JHM; WTHH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558490352
- ISBN
- 9781558490352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.68
€ 35.68
Paperback. Series: Central European Studies. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DVWYS; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536839
- ISBN
- 9781557536839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.82
€ 52.82
Paperback. Analyzes the various ways in which the nation's newspaper editors, reporters, and war correspondents covered the biggest story of their lives - the Civil War - and in doing so both reflected and shaped the responses of their readers. This book contains sections including Fighting Words, Confederates and Copperheads, and The Union Forever. Editor(s): Sachsman, David B.; Rushing, S. Kittrell; Morris, Roy. Num Pages: 377 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBWJ; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534941
- ISBN
- 9781557534941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.51
€ 30.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. A biography of noted Indiana businessman John Purdue, whose donations of time and money led to the founding of Indiana's greatest land-grant university, Purdue University, in 1869. The book incorporates research efforts by previous writers with facts gleaned from newspapers and official documents. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557532879
- ISBN
- 9781557532879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.86
€ 15.99
€ 15.86
Hardcover. Explores the burst of horticulture interest in the 19th century, and documents its influence on Midwestern domestic landscapes. With its portrayal of ornamental plant use and its examination of 19th-century horticultural advice literature and nursery and seed trades, this book aims to appeal to rural, cultural, and environmental historians. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JH; HBT; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557532862
- ISBN
- 9781557532862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.37
€ 60.37
Hardcover. Part of the "Portraits of Conflict" series, this work offers a portrayal of Tennesseans - in uniforms both blue and gray - who fought and lost their lives in the Civil War - the story of a widow working as a Union spy to support her family and the story of a father emerging from his house to find his Confederate soldier son dying at his feet. Series: Conflict Series. Num Pages: 430 pages, 250 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; 3JH; AJC; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557288318
- ISBN
- 9781557288318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.77
€ 100.77
Paperback. Editor(s): Pitcock, Cynthia Dehaven; Gurley, Bill J. Series: Civil War in the West. Num Pages: 423 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BGT; HBJK; HBWJ; JW; MBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 168 x 33. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557287953
- ISBN
- 9781557287953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.84
€ 33.84
Hardback. Num Pages: 333 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821410905
- ISBN
- 9780821410905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.67
€ 80.67
Hardcover. Covers developments in Europe that affected the international position of the USA, such as the signing of preliminary articles of peace between the UK and France, which foreshadowed the end of the lucrative trading period. The letters are accompanied by annotations and a detailed index. Editor(s): Hackett, Mary A.; Cross, Jeanne Kerr; Perdue, Holbrook. Series: Secretary of State S. Num Pages: 576 pages, annotations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1225.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813914039
- ISBN
- 9780813914039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.09
€ 146.09
Hardback. One of the most troubling but least studied features of mass political violence is why violence often recurs in the same place over long periods of time. Douglas Kammen explores this pattern in Three Centuries of Conflict in East Timor, studying that region's tragic past. Series: Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 photographs, 10 figures, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FMNT; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813574103
- ISBN
- 9780813574103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.07
€ 92.07
Hardback. In This Great National Object, Roberta Styran and Robert Taylor - the unparalleled experts on the subject - recount the story of the canals, with particular emphasis on the experiences of the engineers, contractors, and labourers who built the inland waterways between 1824 and 1889. Num Pages: 432 pages, 74 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 916. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773538931
- ISBN
- 9780773538931
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJD; 1KJH; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469626864
- ISBN
- 9781469626864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.41
€ 43.41
Paperback. Editor(s): Maudlin, Daniel; Herman, Bernard L. Series: H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 drawings, 74 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBJK; JFCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469626826
- ISBN
- 9781469626826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.93
€ 58.93
Paperback. War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865 Series: Littlefield History of the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469622842
- ISBN
- 9781469622842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.62
€ 49.62