Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. A study of a decade's native Russian film production through the 1917 Revolution. Showing how these films appealed to a new middle class, the author examines the organization and evolution of the industry and looks at genres, motifs and themes in 65 of the most important surviving films. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Film. Num Pages: 224 pages, 18 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; 3JJF; APF; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299162344
- ISBN
- 9780299162344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.98
€ 27.98
Paperback. This study analyzes all the major doctrines, personalities and defining features of the Spanish fascist movement, from its beginnings until the death of General Francisco Franco. It also seeks to explain why Franco was able to hold onto power long after Fascism was a spent force in politics. Num Pages: 648 pages, 48 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 846.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299165642
- ISBN
- 9780299165642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.40
€ 40.40
Hardcover. Of the Rosenbluth family, only the older children, Faiga and Luzer, had gone into hiding before the SS rounded up the Jews of Kanczuga, Poland. "Hidden" is Faiga and Luzer's story. Num Pages: 216 pages, 17 b&w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299180607
- ISBN
- 9780299180607
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.38
€ 25.99
€ 23.38
Hardcover. German Jews were fully assimilated and secularized in the nineteenth century - or so it is commonly assumed. Nils Roemer challenges this assumption, finding that religious sentiments, concepts, and rhetoric found expression through a newly emerging theological historicism at the center of modern German Jewish culture. Series: Studies in German Jewish Cultural History & Literature. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 b/w photographs, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299211707
- ISBN
- 9780299211707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.15
€ 74.15
Hardcover. Captures the public achievement and private pain of a Wisconsin woman and her family. Helen's home influences, Presbyterian background, education and talents impelled her to lead. This book, based on a family's history, speaks about the way we were and are, a stridently materialistic nation with a deep and persistent spiritual component. Series: Wisconsin Land & Life S. Num Pages: 504 pages, 42 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; 3JJ; BG; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299214500
- ISBN
- 9780299214500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.40
€ 35.99
€ 32.40
Paperback. Attempts to present a comprehensive picture of Turkish migration to the United States from the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey. This title contains historical overviews, case studies of Turkish immigrants' adaptation to contemporary American life, attitudes towards Islam, and essays on sources. Editor(s): Karpat, Kemal H.; Balgamis, A. Deniz. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white tables, graphs. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1KBB; 3J; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299222949
- ISBN
- 9780299222949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.90
€ 50.90
Hardcover. David Obey has in his forty years in the US House of Representatives worked to bring economic and social justice to America's working families. In 2007 he has assumed the chair of the Appropriations Committee. Here, he looks back on his journey in politics. He also discusses his own central role in the evolution of Congress and ethics reforms. Num Pages: 496 pages, 19 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3; JKS; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299225407
- ISBN
- 9780299225407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.93
€ 35.99
€ 31.93
Hardcover. During the First World War it was the task of the US Department of Justice, using the Espionage Act and its later Sedition Act amendment, to prosecute and convict those who opposed America's entry into the conflict. This book shows that the Justice Department did not stop at this official charge but went much further. Series: Studies in American Thought and Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBWN; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299228903
- ISBN
- 9780299228903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.31
€ 35.99
€ 30.31
Paperback. Presents an examination of the images and concepts of speed that permeated Russian modernist poetry, visual arts, and cinema. This title illustrates how a wide variety of experimental artistic tendencies of the day relied on notions of speed or dynamism to create at least part of their effects. Num Pages: 344 pages, 8 colour, 15 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299233242
- ISBN
- 9780299233242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.88
€ 41.88
Paperback. Editor(s): Kaplan, Eran; Penslar, Derek J. Series: Sources in Modern Jewish History. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 554.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299284947
- ISBN
- 9780299284947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.83
€ 43.83
Hardcover. Editor(s): Alderson, Kevin; Alderson, Patsy. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 612.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299291204
- ISBN
- 9780299291204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.66
€ 27.99
€ 25.66
A Quiet Corner of the War: The Civil War Letters of Gilbert and Esther...
Claflin, Gilbert, Claflin, Esther
Hardcover. Editor(s): Cook, Judy. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299294809
- ISBN
- 9780299294809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.66
€ 27.99
€ 25.66
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JPHC; JPHL; LNDH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299295301
- ISBN
- 9780299295301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.66
€ 27.99
€ 25.66
Hardcover. A scrupulous and unprecedented investigation into the life of Anna Leonowenswho taught the king of Siam s children in the 1860sthat also ponders the perfect fit between Leonowens s mythic self-invention and the New World s innocent dream of peacefully spreading democracy." Series: Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JH; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299298302
- ISBN
- 9780299298302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.33
€ 40.33
Hardcover. Despite rhetorical differences, the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama have both claimed broadly unrestrained presidential power in matters of military force, surveillance, and the state secrets privilege. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; 3JMG; JPHL; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299307400
- ISBN
- 9780299307400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.38
€ 25.99
€ 23.38
Hardback. Continues: A Kineano remembers: from the King Ranch to the White House. 2006. Series: Grover E. Murray Studies in the American Southwest. Num Pages: 352 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BM; HBJK; JNB; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896729681
- ISBN
- 9780896729681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.12
€ 30.99
€ 28.12
paperback. George Washington's long career began with defeat in the bloody frontier skirmishes of the French and Indian War and culminated in the role of commanding general of the Continental army in victory over the British army. Among his achievements was the establishment of a professional army. Series: George Washington Bookshelf. Num Pages: 76 pages, 17 colour illustrations, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Mount Vernon Ladies' Association United States
- Number of pages
- 76
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780931917332
- ISBN
- 9780931917332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.24
€ 11.24
Paperback. This selection of articles focuses on Washington's changing attitudes towards the institution of slavery and his everyday relationships with the slaves who shared his Mount Vernon estate. Editor(s): Schwarz, Philip J. Series: George Washington Bookshelf. Num Pages: 182 pages, 52 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780931917387
- ISBN
- 9780931917387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.63
€ 15.63
Paperback. The movement to add a multiracial category to the 2000 US Census provoked unprecedented debates about race. The effort made for strange bedfellows. Republicans like House Speaker Newt Gingrich and affirmative action opponent Ward Connerly took up the multiracial cause. This book provides an account of how this small movement sparked a big change. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 tables, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JFSL1; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472032808
- ISBN
- 9780472032808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.77
€ 36.77
Paperback. Presents an exploration of the West German attempt to repress and refashion concepts of 'race' after the Holocaust. This title looks at ethnic drag (Ethnomaskerade) as one particular kind of performance that reveals how postwar Germans lived, disavowed, and contested 'Germanness' in its complex racial, national, and sexual dimensions. Series: Social History, Popular Culture and Politics in Germany. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 drawings, 10 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; 3JJPG; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472033621
- ISBN
- 9780472033621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.73
€ 39.73