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Society & culture: general
Paperback. In 1942, Pauli Murray, a young black woman from North Carolina studying law at Howard University, visited a constitutional law class taught by Caroline Ware, one of the nation's leading historians. A friendship and a correspondence began, lasting until Murray's death in 1985. This title explores the cross-race friendship of two feminist activists. Editor(s): Scott, Anne Firor. Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 210 pages, 9 illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BJ; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807859285
- ISBN
- 9780807859285
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Condition: New
€ 43.38
€ 43.38
Paperback. Company He Keeps: A History of White College Fraternities Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807859315
- ISBN
- 9780807859315
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Condition: New
€ 51.39
€ 51.39
Paperback. In 1925 Leonard Rhinelander, the youngest son of a wealthy New York society family, sued to end his marriage to Alice Jones, a former domestic servant and the daughter of a 'colored' cabman. This title explains legal history, a day-by-day narrative of the trial itself, and analyses of the trial's place in the culture of the 1920s North. Num Pages: 432 pages, 10 illustrations, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSL3; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 30. Weight in Grams: 602.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807859391
- ISBN
- 9780807859391
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Condition: New
€ 53.89
€ 53.89
Paperback. Demonstrates how the meaning of male and female has evolved, changed, and varied across the course of American history. This book shows how at select moments of history, perceptions of sex difference were translated into complex and mutable patterns for differentiating women and men. Num Pages: 448 pages, 19 illustrations, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807859452
- ISBN
- 9780807859452
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Condition: New
€ 51.97
€ 51.97
Paperback. Presents an exploration of Iranian literature and society. This book warns against the rise of what the author calls the 'New Orientalist narrative', which thrives on stereotype and prejudice and is often tied to geopolitical conflict rather than an understanding of Iran. Series: Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks. Num Pages: 192 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 277.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807859575
- ISBN
- 9780807859575
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Condition: New
€ 32.38
€ 32.38
Paperback. Between 1960 and 1965, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) created some of the civil rights movement's boldest experiments in freedom. This book explores how the organization fostered so much social change in such a short time. Num Pages: 480 pages, 15 illustrations, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFJ; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807859599
- ISBN
- 9780807859599
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Condition: New
€ 56.03
€ 56.03
Paperback. Compares the formation of Yoruba (Nago) religious traditions and ethnic identities in the Brazilian states of Sergipe and Bahia, revealing how they diverged from each other due to their different social and political contexts and needs. Translator(s): Berg, Stephen. Series: Latin America in Translation/enTraduccion/em Traducao. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 figs., 4 tables, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807859759
- ISBN
- 9780807859759
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Condition: New
€ 47.41
€ 47.41
Paperback. Building a Housewife's Paradise: Gender, Politics, and American Grocery Stores in the Twentieth Century Num Pages: 337 pages, black & white halftones, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFCV; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807859766
- ISBN
- 9780807859766
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Condition: New
€ 46.12
€ 46.12
Paperback. There's Always Work at the Post Office: African American Postal Workers and the Fight for Jobs, Justice, and Equality Num Pages: 472 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807859865
- ISBN
- 9780807859865
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Condition: New
€ 55.05
€ 55.05
Paperback. In the Age of Revolution, how did American women conceive their lives and marital obligations? Examining the attitudes and behaviors surrounding the contentious issues of family, contraception, abortion, sexuality, and identity, this book demonstrates that many women - rural and urban, free and enslaved - began to radically redefine motherhood. Num Pages: 352 pages, 36 illustrations, 12 figures, 6 tables, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1; MBNH4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807859926
- ISBN
- 9780807859926
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Condition: New
€ 50.69
€ 50.69
Paperback. Born into slavery in North Carolina around 1786, Moses Grandy was bequeathed to his young playmate, his original owner's son, when they were both eight years old. Hired out until he was twenty-one, Grandy describes each of his temporary masters--some cruel and some kind. Num Pages: 36 pages, black & white halftones, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGA; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807869512
- ISBN
- 9780807869512
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Condition: New
€ 22.22
€ 22.22
Paperback. Compiled by a prominent abolitionist Theodore Dwight Weld, American Slavery As It Is combines information taken from witnesses, and from active and former slave owners, to generate a condemnation of slavery from both those who observed it and those who perpetuated it. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807869574
- ISBN
- 9780807869574
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Condition: New
€ 53.41
€ 53.41
Paperback. Modern western Oregon was a crucial site of imperial competition in North America during the formative decades of the United States. This book examines relations among newcomers and between newcomers and Native people - focusing on political sovereignty, religion, trade, sexuality, and the land - from initial encounters to Oregon's statehood. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 illustrations, 2 tables, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807871096
- ISBN
- 9780807871096
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Condition: New
€ 45.82
€ 45.82
Paperback. With over 50,000 enrolled members, North Carolina's Lumbee Indians are the largest Native American tribe east of the Mississippi River. This title describes how, between Reconstruction and the 1950s, the Lumbee maintained a distinct identity in an era defined by racial segregation in the South and paternalistic policies for Indians in the nation. Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indegenous Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, 12 illustrations, 3 tables, 5 genealogical charts, 3 maps, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- First Edition, 1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807871119
- ISBN
- 9780807871119
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Condition: New
€ 48.83
€ 48.83
Paperback. Chronicling the discourse among intellectuals and state officials during the period from the abolition of slavery in 1888 to the start of Brazil's military regime in 1964, the author uncovers how the state's nonwhite majority moved from being a source of embarrassment to being a critical component of Bahia's identity. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 illustration, 1 map, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807871157
- ISBN
- 9780807871157
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Condition: New
€ 45.10
€ 45.10
Paperback. Removable Type: Histories of the Book in Indian Country, 1663-1880 Num Pages: 272 pages, 38 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807871201
- ISBN
- 9780807871201
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Condition: New
€ 45.60
€ 45.60
Paperback. Offers a fresh understanding of the development of the American South by examining travel within and between southeastern Indian nations and the southern states, from the founding of the United States until the forced removal of southeastern Indians in the 1830s. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 illustrations, 4 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807871218
- ISBN
- 9780807871218
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Condition: New
€ 44.97
€ 44.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 79 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR1; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 626.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807871232
- ISBN
- 9780807871232
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.01
€ 25.99
€ 25.01
Paperback. Quest for Citizenship: African American and Native American Education in Kansas, 1880-1935 Num Pages: 399 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; 3JJC; JFSL1; JN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807871379
- ISBN
- 9780807871379
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Condition: New
€ 45.10
€ 45.10
Paperback. Follows the Catawbas from their first contact with Europeans in the sixteenth century until they carved out a place in the American republic three centuries later. This title tells the story of Native agency, creativity, resilience, and endurance. Series: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia. Num Pages: 424 pages, 17 illustrations, 8 maps, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807871423
- ISBN
- 9780807871423
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Condition: New
€ 54.04
€ 54.04
Paperback. The traditional history of early America paints the colonies as a transplantation of European culture to a new continent - a 'virgin land' in which Native Americans were assigned the role of foil whose contribution was to stimulate the energy of European dispossessors. This book recasts the story of American colonization as a territorial invasion. Series: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. Num Pages: 408 pages, 7 illustrations, 4 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807871447
- ISBN
- 9780807871447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.84
€ 42.84
Paperback. Talk with You Like a Woman: African American Women, Justice, and Reform in New York, 1890-1935 Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807871621
- ISBN
- 9780807871621
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Condition: New
€ 46.54
€ 46.54
Paperback. Isma'ili Modern: Globalization and Identity in a Muslim Community Series: Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 illustrations, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 61 x 92 x 17. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807871652
- ISBN
- 9780807871652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.67
€ 44.67
Paperback. North of the Color Line: Migration and Black Resistance in Canada, 1870-1955 Series: John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807871669
- ISBN
- 9780807871669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.10
€ 45.10