Search Results: Authors starting with G from Bunyip Books

Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1981. viii, 188 p. ; 24 cm. Indexed. Bibliography. Dustjacket has signs of sticker removal to top corner of the front panel. Hard Cover. Fine/VG+.

Carbondale [Illinois]: Southern Illinois University Press, 2002. xx, [2], 276, [2] p. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Forewords by George M. Elsey and Kweisi Mfume. Truman's background notwithstanding, the author shows that it was Harry Truman--not Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, or John F. Kennedy--who energized the modern civil rights movement, a movement that basically had stalled since Abraham Lincoln had freed the slaves. Gardner recounts Truman's public and private actions regarding black Americans. He analyzes speeches, private conversations with colleagues, the executive orders that shattered federal segregation policies, and the appointments of like-minded civil rights activists to important positions. Among those appointments was the first black federal judge in the continental United States. Gardner characterizes Truman's evolution from a man who grew up in a racist household into a president willing to put his political career at mortal risk by actively… Read More

Newhaven London: Yale University Press, 1991. Blue cloth. 514 pp. Notes. Index. Yale Historical Publication Series. "An investigation of how Americans - intellectuals, labour reformers, politicians, journalists, capitalists, and manual workers - viewed the intrinsic character of manual labour in the decades before the Civil War. Glickstein focuses on both the intellectual origins of attitudes that distinguished manual from mental activity and on the ways these attitudes were influenced by the mounting sectional conflict over black slave labour and by the tide of industrialization that was sweeping the Western world." Near fine condition in like dustjacket. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New Haven [Conn.]: Yale University Press, 1959. Blue cloth spine over lighter blue boards. xx, 509 p. 27 black and white illustrations, 14 maps depicting Routes and Boundaries; 5 Explorer's Maps in a pocket on the back cover (Maps are reproductions of an unknown map by Jim Baker and the monumental works of Fremont, Preuss, Warren and von Egloffstein); Two Explorer's Maps in text, 24 cm. Bibliographical essay. Index. Moderate bump to lower corner of upper board, minor bumping of both corner tips of rear board. Text clean, tight and free of markings and notations. Dust jacket is price-clipped and shows very slight edge wear and chipping and light soiling of back panel. Old tape reinforcement of upper spine area of the inside of dustjacket. All maps in folder in excellent condition and accounted for. First edition. First printing. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Henry Holt and Co, 1989. 8vo, 261pp. First edition with full number line. Signed on the title page. Edges with light foxing. VG+ condition in Fine unclipped dustjacket. Signed by Author. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Fine.

Cambridge University Press, 2020. 8vo. xiv, 288 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Series:Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; Fourth series, book 117. Contents: Approaches to Princely Power -- 1 The Career of Jeanne de Penthievre -- 2 Concepts of power in Jeanne de Penthievre's acta -- 3 Managing Property: Inheritance and Seigneurial Partnerships -- 4 Managing People: Followers and Service -- 5 Managing Order: Conflict, Negotiation, and Women as Lords -- 6 Debating the Social Context of Princely Power in 1341. 7 Legitimate Rule and the Balance of Power. Bibliography. Index. Cloth Bound. As New/As New.