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American Indians Fourth Edition
ISBN: PB: 9780226312392, University of Chicago Press, December 2012
256 pp., 23x15 cm, 4 maps, 20 halftones
William Hagan's classic "American Indians" has become standard reading in the field of Native American history. Daniel M. Cobb has taken over the task of updating and revising the material, allowing the book to respond to the times. Spanning the arri...
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£19,50
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Fur Farms of Alaska Two Centuries of History and a Forgotten Stampede
ISBN: PB: 9781602231719, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, December 2012
230 pp., 23x15 cm, 2 maps, 50 halftones
After its rudimentary beginning in 1749, fur farming in Alaska rose and fell for two centuries. It thrived during the 1890s and again in the 1920s, when rising fur prices caused a stampede for land and breed stock and led to hundreds of farms being s...
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£22,50
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From Peace to Freedom Quaker Rhetoric and the Birth of American Antislavery, 1657-1761
ISBN: HB: 9780300180770, Yale University Press, November 2012
256 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm
This is the first book to investigate the development of antislavery thought and rhetoric within the Society of Friends. Through meticulous examination of the earliest writings of the Friends, including diaries and letters, Brycchan Carey reveals the...
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£46,00
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Civil War and American Art
ISBN: HB: 9780300187335, Yale University Press, November 2012
352 pp., 31.8x25.4 cm, 177 colour images, 37 black&white illus.
The American Civil War was arguably the first modern war. Its grim reality, captured through the new medium of photography, was laid bare. American artists could not approach the conflict with the conventions of European history painting, which glamo...
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£40,00
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Stories of Our Collection Stories of Our Collection
ISBN: HB: 9780911028270, University of Chicago Press, November 2012
200 pp., 30x23 cm, colour throughout illus.
To mark its 125th anniversary, the Newberry has assembled one hundred and twenty-five of its most significant objects in one beautifully illustrated volume. Arranged in order to tell both the story of the library as an institution and its collecting...
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£34,00
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Edward Bancroft Scientist, Author, Spy
ISBN: PB: 9780300187458, Yale University Press, October 2012
352 pp., 22.6x14.5 cm, 4 black&white illus.
A man of as many names as motives, Edward Bancroft is a singular figure in the history of Revolutionary America. Born in Massachusetts in 1745, Bancroft moved to England as a young man in the 1760s and began building a respectable resume as both a sc...
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£30,00
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American Georgics Writings on Farming, Culture, and the Land
ISBN: PB: 9780300188042, Yale University Press, October 2012
432 pp., 22.6x15 cm, 33 black&white illus.
From Thomas Jefferson's Monticello to Michelle Obama's White House organic garden, the image of America as a nation of farmers has persisted from the beginnings of the American experiment. In this rich and evocative collection of agrarian writing fro...
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£36,00
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And Bid Him Sing A Biography of Countee Cullen
ISBN: HB: 9780226533643, University of Chicago Press, October 2012
304 pp., 23x15 cm, 30 halftones
While competing with Langston Hughes for the title of "Poet Laureate of Harlem", Countee Cullen (1903-1946) crafted poems that became touchstones for American readers, both black and white. Inspired by classic themes and working within traditional fo...
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£22,50
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American Nietzsche A History of an Icon and His Ideas
ISBN: PB: 9780226006765, ISBN: HB: 9780226705811, University of Chicago Press, October 2012
464 pp., 23x15 cm, 21 halftones
If you were looking for a philosopher likely to appeal to Americans, Friedrich Nietzsche would be far from your first choice. After all, in his blazing career, Nietzsche took aim at nearly all the foundations of modern American life: Christian morali...
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£15,00
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£22,50
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Enemies Within The Culture of Conspiracy in Modern America
ISBN: PB: 9780300194722, Yale University Press, September 2012
370 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, black&white illus.
There is a hunger for conspiracy news in America. Hundreds of Internet websites, magazines, newsletters, even entire publishing houses, disseminate information on invisible enemies and their secret activities, sub-versions, and coverups. Those who su...
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£25,00
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