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c 1800 to c 1900
Hardcover. Profiles the life of the abolitionist Jonathan Walker. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 b/w illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566. The Life of Jonathan Walker, Abolitionist. 384 pages, 30 b/w illus., maps. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 25. Weight: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Westholme Publishing
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594161360
- ISBN
- 9781594161360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.02
€ 29.99
€ 26.02
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
Hardback. Emphasizing technology and its impact on the US Civil War, this text examines the evolving warfare of the time. It includes material on land and sea mines, minesweepers, hand grenades, automatic weapons, and balloons, as well as covering the evolution of military professionalism. Num Pages: 296 pages, 27 illustrations, maps, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Missouri Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826211071
- ISBN
- 9780826211071
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.56
€ 62.56
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. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVW; 1FB; 1QDT; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJF1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558499812
- ISBN
- 9781558499812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.81
€ 40.81
Right Here I See My Own Books: The Woman's Building Library at the Wor...
Wadsworth, Sarah, Wiegand, Wayne A.
Paperback. The story of a historic library of womens writing at the 1893 Worlds Fair Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book (Paperback). Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JH; DSB; GL; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558499287
- ISBN
- 9781558499287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.50
€ 43.50
Paperback. A probing look at the afterlife of a classic American novel Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; CFC; DSBF; DSK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558498945
- ISBN
- 9781558498945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.17
€ 46.17
Paperback. Demonstrates that the almanac was a leading source of health information in America prior to the Civil War. This book contends that the almanac was an integral component of a complicated, fragmented, semi-vernacular health literature of the period, and that the genre played a leading role in disseminating astrological health advice. Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496576
- ISBN
- 9781558496576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.12
€ 45.12
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. Born to an immigrant Philadelphia family in 1779, Stephen Decatur became at age twenty-five the youngest man ever to serve as a captain in the US Navy. Although he died prematurely, Decatur played a significant role in the shaping of the nation's identity at a time when the American people were deciding what kind of nation they would become. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558495838
- ISBN
- 9781558495838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.01
€ 41.01
Hardcover. Much of Boston's heritage of Victorian buildings dates from the mid-nineteenth century when Gridley James Fox Bryant (1816-1899) dominated the profession of architecture in the city. This work focuses on representative projects by Bryant, that illuminate the trajectory of his career and creates a portrait of the profession of architecture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 72 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558495555
- ISBN
- 9781558495555
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.42
€ 50.42
Paperback. How Bostonians fashioned a shining image of their city in the early nineteenth century. Num Pages: 248 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558495180
- ISBN
- 9781558495180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.81
€ 40.81
Paperback. Presents a biography of Mary Livermore, an important nineteenth-century reformer. This book reconstructs Livermore's remarkable story, and explores how and why she became so renowned in her day. Num Pages: 344 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558495135
- ISBN
- 9781558495135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.20
€ 42.20
Hardcover. Many of the main currents of American life have flowed through Northampton, a town situated on the banks of the Connecticut River in western Massachusetts. To commemorate the 350th anniversary of the founding of Northampton, "A Place Called Paradise" brings together a broad range of writing on the city's rich heritage. Num Pages: 544 pages, 33 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1016.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558494855
- ISBN
- 9781558494855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.18
€ 52.18
Paperback. Illuminating the emerging culture of celebrity in early 19th century America, this text tells the intertwined stories of the Arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane and the spiritualist medium Margaret Fox and examines their unlikely relationship. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558494572
- ISBN
- 9781558494572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.35
€ 41.35
Paperback. He was the winner of 511 major league baseball games, nearly 100 more than any other pitcher, and was among the original 12 players inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame, but Cy Young remains a legendary but shadowy figure. This account of his life places him in the context of the time. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558493988
- ISBN
- 9781558493988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.71
€ 41.71
Paperback. The famous abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison had seven children, who all went on to assume positions in the radical causes of their day, including racial justice, women's rights anti-imperialism and peace. This work looks at their lives and achievements. Num Pages: 432 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 171 x 28. Weight in Grams: 721.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558493810
- ISBN
- 9781558493810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.20
€ 47.20
Hardcover. Since the Renaissance, books and drawings have been a primary means of communication among architects and their colleagues and clients. In this volume, 12 historians explore the use of books by architects in America in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Editor(s): Hafertepe, Kenneth; O'Gorman, James F. (Grace Slack McNeil Professor of the History of American Art, Wellesley College, USA). Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book. Num Pages: 280 pages, 81 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; AM; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 184 x 21. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558492820
- ISBN
- 9781558492820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.44
€ 38.44
Paperback. This historic novel about blackface minstrels explores below the surface. Eric Lott, writing for African American Review, described it as "A novel of ideas devoted to exploring the complex fate of black and white Americans caught, as ever, in a racial history they can neither surmount nor escape". Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DNF; FV; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558492707
- ISBN
- 9781558492707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.86
€ 38.86
Paperback. A study of 19th-century tourism and its role in shaping American culture, this text gives an analysis of the contribution of certain tourist spots to America's cultural awareness. Num Pages: 256 pages, 85 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; JFC; KNSG; WT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558491625
- ISBN
- 9781558491625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.17
€ 41.17
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