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Citizen by John Wood 9781878964090
RRP: $33.60$29.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781878964090Author Visiting Fellow John WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Zen N Ink PublishersPublisher Zen N Ink PublishersWeight(grams)... -
Rough and Plenty: A Memorial by Raymond A. Rogers 9781771124362
RRP: $48.20$27.22As a commercial fisher in Nova Scotia in the early 1990s, Raymond Rogers experienced the collapse of Canada's East Coast fishery first-hand. Afterward, while preparing to leave the province to find work elsewhere, Rogers noticed a lone gravestone across... -
The Lines That Divide America: Race, Protests, and Police by Jerry Wuchte 9781619849181
RRP: $28.33$26.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619849181Author Jerry WuchteFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Gatekeeper PressPublisher Gatekeeper PressWeight(grams) 240g -
Place Names of the Jersey Shore: Why Did They Name it That? by Lee Ireland 9781439276693
RRP: $31.50$25.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439276693Author Lee IrelandFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams) 154g -
American Education in Popular Media: From the Blackboard to the Silver Screen by Sevan G. Terzian 9781349492138
RRP: $94.48$68.84American Education in Popular Media explores how popular media has represented schooling in the United States over the course of the twentieth century. Terzian and Ryan examine prevalent portrayals of students and professional educators while addressing... -
Evolution of The Club and Juke Joints In America: A Social Renaissance by Reginald Hayes 9781419692208
RRP: $23.08$18.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781419692208Author Reginald HayesFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams) 95g -
Fear: A Cultural History by Joanna Bourke 9781593761547
RRP: $35.68$34.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593761547Author Joanna BourkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 520Imprint Shoemaker & Hoard, Div of Avalon Publishing Group IncPublisher... -
Hunter: The Yukon Gold Rush Letters of Robert Hunter Fitzhugh, Jr., 1897-1900 by Ann C Carmichael 9781588383372
RRP: $35.60$28.35Hunter Fitzhugh left St. Louis in 1897 dreaming of fortune and adventure, bound for the Yukon Territory, where it was rumored that nuggets of gold simply littered the ground, waiting to make a man rich. Hunter soon discovered the reality of the land... -
Monumental Controversies: Mount Rushmore, Four Presidents, and the Quest for National Unity by Harriet F Senie 9781640124998
RRP: $54.58$42.61In recent years the United States has witnessed major controversies surrounding past American presidents, monuments, and sites. Consider Mount Rushmore, which features the heads of the nation's most revered presidents-George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,... -
State Structure and Genocide by Andrew Kolin 9780761839712
RRP: $73.50$65.00State Structure and Genocide presents a theory of the universal nature of genocide. The book explores why genocides occur in various societies and explains the existence and persistence of genocide in relation to how governments function. Professor Kolin... -
Guncrazy America: A History and Critique of Our Gun Culture by Frank N Egerton 9781546241607
RRP: $37.70$37.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781546241607Author Frank N EgertonFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint AuthorhousePublisher AuthorhouseWeight(grams) 481g -
The Holy Jumpers by Michael S Swann 9781545638415
RRP: $98.68$93.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781545638415Author Michael S SwannFormat PaperbackPage Count 736Imprint Xulon PressPublisher Xulon PressWeight(grams) 1433g -
Discovering Quacks, Utopias, and Cemeteries: Modern Lessons from Historical Themes by Cynthia Williams Resor 9781475832044
RRP: $159.60$141.04Discovering Quacks, Utopias, and Cemeteries: Modern Lessons from Historical Themes explores two enduring issues - our age-old pursuit of better lives and how the media impacts our choices. In this unique approach to social history, each chapter opens... -
Commemoration: The American Association for State and Local History Guide by Seth C. Bruggeman 9781442279186
RRP: $157.50$145.07Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Lift Every Voice: The History of African American Music by Burton W. Peretti 9780742558120
RRP: $77.70$68.59Since their enslavement in West Africa and transport to plantations of the New World, black people have made music that has been deeply entwined with their religious, community, and individual identities. Music was one of the most important constant... -
The American South: A History by William J. Cooper 9781442262386
RRP: $241.50$222.96In The American South: A History, Fifth Edition, William J. Cooper, Jr., Thomas E. Terrill, and Christopher Childers demonstrate their belief that it is impossible to divorce the history of the South from the history of the United States. The autIn The... -
Pop Culture Goes to War: Enlisting and Resisting Militarism in the War on Terror by Geoff Martin 9780739146804
RRP: $214.20$187.19Pop Culture Goes to War, by Geoff Martin and Erin Steuter, explores the persistence of militarism in American popular culture in the war on terror, from 9/11 to the present day. The authors detail the role of Hollywood and the entertainment industries in... -
Historical Sociology and Eastern European Development: A Rokkanian Approach by Arne Kommisrud 9780739128718
RRP: $193.20$169.11An innovator in theoretical approaches in the social sciences, Stein Rokkan developed general models, developmental models, and conceptual maps that specified the main variables and important relationships in European political history. In Historical... -
MDL History Update by Philip Johnson 9781312390393
RRP: $207.90$27.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781312390393Author Philip JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 218g -
A Cultural History of the Home in the Modern Age by Professor Despina Stratigakos 9781350412323
RRP: $54.58$47.48A Cultural History of the Home presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2800 years of history, charting the changing nature and uses of domestic space throughout history. This volume, A... -
A Cultural History of the Home in Antiquity by Dr Joanne Berry 9781350412224
RRP: $54.58$47.48‘Home’ is a powerful idea throughout antiquity, from Odysseus’ epic journey to recover his own home, nostalgically longed-for through his long absence, to the implanting of Christianity in the domestic sphere in late antiquity. We can recognise the idea... -
Social Spaces and the Public Sphere: A Spatial-history of Modernity in Kerala by S. Harikrishnan 9781032361901
RRP: $83.98$73.63What can social spaces tell us about social relations in society? How do everyday social spaces like teashops, reading rooms, and libraries reify—or subvert—dominant social structures like caste and gender? These are the questions that this book explores... -
The Routledge History of Emotions in the Modern World by Katie Barclay 9781032304656
RRP: $94.48$82.49The Routledge History of Emotions in the Modern World brings together a diverse array of scholars to offer an overview of the current and emerging scholarship of emotions in the modern world. Across thirty-six chapters, this work enters the field of... -
Journalists and Knowledge Practices: Histories of Observing the Everyday in the Newspaper Age by Hansjakob Ziemer 9780367630447
RRP: $83.98$73.63This multi-disciplinary anthology provides new perspectives on the journalist’s role in knowledge generation in the newspaper age—covering diverse topics from fake news to new technologies.Fake news, journalistic authority, and the introduction of... -
Cultivating National Identity through Performance: American Pleasure Gardens and Entertainment by N. Stubbs 9781137326867
RRP: $94.48$67.91As outdoor entertainment venues in American cities, pleasure gardens were public spaces where people could explore what it meant to be American. Stubbs examines how these venues helped form American identity and argues the gardens allowed for the... -
Truth: A Brief History of Total Bullsh*t by Tom Phillips 9781335983763
RRP: $41.98$27.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781335983763Author Tom PhillipsFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Hanover Square PressPublisher Hanover Square PressWeight(grams) 590g -
The Problem of Modern Greek Identity: From the Ecumene to the Nation-State by Georgios Steiris 9781443889872
$212.46The question of Modern Greek identity is certainly timely. The political events of the previous years have once more brought up such questions as: What does it actually mean to be a Greek today? What is Modern Greece, apart from and beyond the bulk of... -
Pieces of the Quilt: The Mosaic of An African American Family by Bruce Anthony Baxter 9781439235850
RRP: $41.98$34.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439235850Author Bruce Anthony BaxterFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams) 381g -
Educational Institutions in Horror Film: A History of Mad Professors, Student Bodies, and Final Exams by Andrew L. Grunzke 9781349500437
RRP: $94.48$67.28An exploration of how educational institutions have been portrayed in horror film, this book examines the way that scary movies have dealt with the issue of school violence, focusing on movies set in high schools, colleges, and summer camps.Book... -
Broadway and Corporate Capitalism: The Rise of the Professional-Managerial Class, 1900-1920 by M. Schwartz 9781349380046
RRP: $94.48$67.45Through an examination of plays, actors, reviews, and audience response of the period, this study traces the development of Broadway as a source of 'mature' American drama, and the simultaneous development of Professional-Managerial Class consciousness... -
Mendel's Theatre: Heredity, Eugenics, and Early Twentieth-Century American Drama by Tamsen Wolff 9781349379460
RRP: $94.48$68.10Mendel's Theatre offers a new way of thinking about early twentieth-century American drama by uncovering the rich convergence of heredity theory, the American eugenics movement, and innovative modern drama from the 1890s to 1930.Book InformationISBN... -
A Cultural History of the Home in the Age of Enlightenment by Clive Edwards 9781350412248
RRP: $54.58$47.48During the period of the Enlightenment, the word ‘home’ could refer to a specific and defined physical living space, the location of domestic life, and a concept related to ideas of roots, origins, and retreat. The transformations that the Enlightenment... -
Race the Rising Sun: A Chinese University's Exodus during the Second World War by Chiao-min Hsieh 9780761841487
RRP: $86.10$75.77This book is about Zhejiang University, one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China, which was forced to evacuate from the Hangzhou when the Japanese arrived in 1937 and began torturing civilians, raping women, bombing towns, burning... -
Achieving the American Dream by Alfred K. Ho 9780761837053
RRP: $98.70$86.52This work examines the lives of 163 elite immigrants who have achieved the American dream while gaining fortune and fame. With this sample of immigrants, Professor Emeritus Alfred K. Ho provides a portrait of a successful candidate for U.S. immigration... -
Pop Culture Goes to War: Enlisting and Resisting Militarism in the War on Terror by Geoff Martin 9780739146811
RRP: $94.50$82.93Pop Culture Goes to War, by Geoff Martin and Erin Steuter, explores the persistence of militarism in American popular culture in the war on terror, from 9/11 to the present day. The authors detail the role of Hollywood and the entertainment industries in... -
Women Constructing Men: Female Novelists and Their Male Characters, 1750 - 2000 by Sarah S. G. Frantz 9780739133651
RRP: $214.20$188.03Female novelists have always invested as much narrative energy in constructing their male characters-heroes and villains-as in envisioning their female protagonists, but this fact has received very little scholarly attention to date. In Women... -
Beslan: Shattered Innocence by Lynn Milburn Lansford 9781419639951
RRP: $86.08$67.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781419639951Author Lynn Milburn LansfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams) 445g -
Undressed for Success: Beauty Contestants and Exotic Dancers as Merchants of Morality by Brenda Foley 9781403969934
RRP: $94.48$68.94Using the tools of performance studies, gender theory, and cultural history, Brenda Foley explores the striking similarities between beauty pageantry and striptease. For example, women in both project a 'normal' femininity and adhere to a strict... -
Flyover Country: Baby Boomers and Their Stories by Christopher Harper 9780761853329
RRP: $77.70$68.59Flyover Country focuses on a group of baby boomers who graduated from high school in 1969 in the Midwest before setting off into the world in a time of turbulence to fight in Vietnam, to protest against that war, to find jobs, to have families, and to... -
Educational Institutions in Horror Film: A History of Mad Professors, Student Bodies, and Final Exams by Andrew L. Grunzke 9781137469199
RRP: $94.48$68.46Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.