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Hillside Fields - A History of Sports in West Virginia (Paperback, New): Bob Barnett Hillside Fields - A History of Sports in West Virginia (Paperback, New)
Bob Barnett
R598 R495 Discovery Miles 4 950 Save R103 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

West Virginia's championship teams at WVU and Marshall and athletic superstars like Jerry West and Mary Lou Retton are familiar to all, but few know the untold story of sports in the Mountain State. "Hillside Fields: A History of Sports in West Virginia "chronicles the famous athletic triumphs and heart-breaking losses of local heroes and legendary teams, recording the titanic struggles of a small state competing alongside larger rivals. "
Hillside Fields" provides a broad view of the development of sports in West Virginia, from one of the first golf clubs in America at Oakhurst Links to the Greenbrier Classic; from the first girls basketball championship in 1919 to post Title IX; from racially segregated sports to integrated teams; and from the days when West Virginia Wesleyan and Davis & Elkins beat the big boys in football to the championship teams at WVU, Marshall, West Virginia State and West Liberty. "
Hillside Fields "explains how major national trends and events, as well as West Virginia's economic, political, and demographic conditions, influenced the development of sports in the state. The story of the growth of sports in West Virginia is also a story of the tribulations, hopes, values and triumphs of a proud people.

Memories of World War I - North Carolina Doughboys on the Western Front (Paperback): R. Jackson Marshall III Memories of World War I - North Carolina Doughboys on the Western Front (Paperback)
R. Jackson Marshall III
R458 R390 Discovery Miles 3 900 Save R68 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Labyrinth of Ice - The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition (Paperback): Buddy Levy Labyrinth of Ice - The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition (Paperback)
Buddy Levy
R555 R432 Discovery Miles 4 320 Save R123 (22%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
12 Rounds in Lo's Gym - Boxing and Manhood in Appalachia (Paperback): Todd D. Snyder 12 Rounds in Lo's Gym - Boxing and Manhood in Appalachia (Paperback)
Todd D. Snyder
R683 R560 Discovery Miles 5 600 Save R123 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Questions of class and gender in Appalachia have, in the wake of the 2016 presidential election and the runaway success of Hillbilly Elegy, moved to the forefront of national conversations about politics and culture. From Todd Snyder, a first generation college student turned college professor, comes a passionate commentary on these themes in a family memoir set in West Virginia coal country. 12 Rounds in Lo's Gym is the story of the author's father, Mike ""Lo"" Snyder, a fifth generation West Virginia coal miner who opened a series of makeshift boxing gyms with the goal of providing local at-risk youth with the opportunities that eluded his adolescence. Taking these hardscrabble stories as his starting point, Snyder interweaves a history of the region, offering a smart analysis of the costs - both financial and cultural - of an economy built around extractive industries. Part love letter to Appalachia, part rigorous social critique, readers may find 12 Rounds in Lo's Gym - and its narrative of individual and community strength in the face of globalism's headwinds - a welcome corrective to popular narratives that blame those in the region for their troubles.

Prairie Bachelor - The Story of a Kansas Homesteader and the Populist Movement (Paperback): Lynda Beck Fenwick Prairie Bachelor - The Story of a Kansas Homesteader and the Populist Movement (Paperback)
Lynda Beck Fenwick
R777 R643 Discovery Miles 6 430 Save R134 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Prairie Bachelor is a welcome contribution to the chronicles of challenges faced by Kansas homesteaders at the end of the nineteenth century and the resulting emergence of Populist politics as a serious challenge to the two-party system. Fenwick vividly transports the reader to the plains of central Kansas and describes the foundation of a pioneer spirit defined by industriousness and care for neighbor and community that exists to the present day."" - US senator Jerry Moran, Kansas

The Ottomans - A Cultural Legacy (Hardcover): Diana Darke The Ottomans - A Cultural Legacy (Hardcover)
Diana Darke
R735 Discovery Miles 7 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'Exquisitely written and lavishly illustrated, this delightful book brings five centuries of Ottoman culture to life. Diana Darke constantly amazes the reader with fascinating facts and points of relevance between the Ottoman past and the present day' - Eugene Rogan, author of The Fall of the Ottomans A richly illustrated guide to the Ottoman Empire, 100 years since its dissolution, unravelling its complex cultural legacy and profound impact on Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. At its height, the Ottoman Empire spread from Yemen to the gates of Vienna. Western perceptions of the Ottomans have often been distorted by Orientalism, characterizing their rule as oppressive and destructive, while seeing their culture as exotic and incomprehensible. Based on a lifetime's experience of living and working across its former provinces, Diana Darke offers a unique overview of the Ottoman Empire's cultural legacy one century after its dissolution. She uncovers a vibrant, sophisticated civilization that embraced both arts and sciences, whilst welcoming refugees from all ethnicities and religions, notably Christians and Jews. Darke celebrates the culture of the Ottoman Empire, from its aesthetics and architecture to its scientific and medical innovations, including the first vaccinations. She investigates the crucial role that commerce and trade played in supporting the empire and increasing its cultural reach, highlighting the significant role of women, as well as the diverse religious values, literary and musical traditions that proliferated through the empire. Beautifully illustrated with manuscripts, miniatures, paintings and photographs, The Ottomans: A Cultural Legacy presents the magnificent achievements of an empire that lasted over 600 years and encompassed Asian, European and African cultures, shedding new light on its complex legacy.

The Women of Smeltertown (Paperback): Marcia Hatfield Daudistel, Mimi R. Gladstein The Women of Smeltertown (Paperback)
Marcia Hatfield Daudistel, Mimi R. Gladstein
R618 R510 Discovery Miles 5 100 Save R108 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Once there was a place called Smeltertown, and it was known as the largest industrial city on the banks of the Rio Grande. The smokestacks of the American Smelting and Refining Company, which polluted the air for three miles in every direction, grew so tall over the decades that they became a landmark just inside the El Paso side of the US-Mexico border. In a community of small adobe houses, many with dirt floors and without indoor plumbing, both the men employed at the smelter and the women who raised families and made homes there form the history of Smeltertown. Through interviews with the women and their now middle-aged children, the realities of everyday life in Smeltertown are revealed-as is the strength of the women who forged a community and preserved a culture in these primitive conditions. Current photographs of the interviewees and historical photographs of Smeltertown illustrate the history of an area not even native El Pasoans knew.

The Colonial Records of North Carolina, Volume 10 - The Church of England in North Carolina: Documents, 1699-1741 (Hardcover):... The Colonial Records of North Carolina, Volume 10 - The Church of England in North Carolina: Documents, 1699-1741 (Hardcover)
Robert J. Cain
R2,209 R1,830 Discovery Miles 18 300 Save R379 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Battle for the Falklands (Paperback): Max Hastings, Simon Jenkins The Battle for the Falklands (Paperback)
Max Hastings, Simon Jenkins
R457 R379 Discovery Miles 3 790 Save R78 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Battle for the Falklands is a thoughtful and informed analysis of an astonishing chapter in modern British history from journalist and military historian Sir Max Hastings and political editor Simon Jenkins. Ten weeks. 28,000 soldiers. 8,000 miles from home. The Falklands War in 1982 was one of the strangest in British history. At the time, many Britons saw it as a tragic absurdity - thousands of men sent overseas for a tiny relic of empire - but the British victory over the Argentinians not only confirmed the quality of British arms but also boosted the political fortunes of Thatcher's Conservative government. However, it left a chequered aftermath and was later overshadowed by the two Gulf wars. Max Hastings' and Simon Jenkins' account of the conflict is a modern classic of war reportage and the definitive book on the conflict.

A Cultural History of the 1984 Winter Olympics - The Making of Olympic Sarajevo (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021): Zlatko Jovanovic A Cultural History of the 1984 Winter Olympics - The Making of Olympic Sarajevo (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
Zlatko Jovanovic
R2,621 Discovery Miles 26 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympic Games. It tells the story of the extensive infrastructural transformation of the city and its changing global image in relation to hosting of the Games. Reviewing different cultural representations of Sarajevo in the period from the 1960s to the 1980s, the book explores how the promotion of the city as a future global tourist centre resulted in an increased awareness among its populace of the city's cultural particularities. The analysis reveals how the process of modernisation relating to hosting of the Olympics provided an opportunity to re-imagine the city as a particularly environmentally progressive city. Placed within the field of studies of late socialism, the book offers important insights into Yugoslav society during the period, including those relating to the country's unique geopolitical position and its nationalities policies.

Society in Early North Carolina - A Documentary History (Paperback): Alan D. Watson Society in Early North Carolina - A Documentary History (Paperback)
Alan D. Watson
R583 R499 Discovery Miles 4 990 Save R84 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Intimation of Revolution - Global Sixties and the Making of Bangladesh (Hardcover): Subho Basu Intimation of Revolution - Global Sixties and the Making of Bangladesh (Hardcover)
Subho Basu
R3,641 R2,918 Discovery Miles 29 180 Save R723 (20%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Intimation of Revolution studies the rise of Bengali nationalism in East Pakistan in the 1950s and 60s by showcasing the interactions between global politics and local social and economic developments. It argues that the revolution of 1969 and the national liberation struggle of 1971 were informed by the 'global sixties' that transformed the political landscape of Pakistan and facilitated the birth of Bangladesh. Departing from the typical understanding of the Bangladesh as a product of Indo-Pakistani diplomatic and military rivalry, it narrates how Bengali nationalists resisted the processes of internal colonization by the Pakistani military bureaucratic regime to fashion their own nation. It details how this process of resistance and nation-formation drew on contemporaneous decolonization movements in Asia, Africa, and Latin America while also being shaped by the Cold War rivalries between the USA, USSR, and China.

The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition): Donald A Ritchie The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)
Donald A Ritchie
R270 R219 Discovery Miles 2 190 Save R51 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Donald A. Ritchie, a congressional historian for forty years , takes readers on a fascinating, behind-the-scenes tour of Capitol Hill, pointing out the key players, explaining their behavior, and translating parliamentary language into plain English. He also explores the essential necessity of compromise to accomplish anything significant in the legislative arena. However, recent events show that political polarization has hardened and produced gridlock, as Ritchie explains in this new edition. The 2020 election also produced a more diverse membership in terms of gender, ethnicity, religion, and ideology, with primary elections resulting in the defeat of moderate candidates by opponents ranging from socialists on the left to conspiracy theorists on the right, making bipartisan compromise harder to achieve. Among the most significant events since the last edition, the Senate ignored President Obama's last nomination to the Supreme Court and then adopted a "nuclear option" to streamline future Supreme Court confirmations. The House also twice impeached President Trump, processes that starkly expose the differences between the majority-rule requirements of the House and the super-majority requirements of the Senate. This new edition explains how the parties have changed in light of the unprecedented politics of the past four years, culminating in the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, and how this development has affected both the House and the Senate.

Seeking Supremacy - The Pursuit of Judicial Power in Pakistan (Hardcover): Yasser Kureshi Seeking Supremacy - The Pursuit of Judicial Power in Pakistan (Hardcover)
Yasser Kureshi
R2,763 Discovery Miles 27 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The emergence of the judiciary as an assertive and confrontational center of power has been the most consequential new feature of Pakistan's political system. This book maps out the evolution of the relationship between the judiciary and military in Pakistan, explaining why Pakistan's high courts shifted from loyal deference to the military to open competition, and confrontation, with military and civilian institutions. Yasser Kureshi demonstrates that a shift in the audiences shaping judicial preferences explains the emergence of the judiciary as an assertive power center. As the judiciary gradually embraced less deferential institutional preferences, a shift in judicial preferences took place and the judiciary sought to play a more expansive and authoritative political role. Using this audience-based approach, Kureshi roots the judiciary in its political, social and institutional context, and develops a generalizable framework that can explain variation and change in judicial-military relations around the world.

The Life and Death of Theodore of Stoudios (Hardcover): Robert H Jordan, Rosemary Morris The Life and Death of Theodore of Stoudios (Hardcover)
Robert H Jordan, Rosemary Morris
R776 Discovery Miles 7 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Theodore (759-826), abbot of the influential Constantinopolitan monastery of Stoudios, is celebrated as a saint by the Orthodox Church for his stalwart defense of icon veneration. Three important texts promoting the monastery and the memory of its founder are collected in The Life and Death of Theodore of Stoudios. In the Life of Theodore, Michael the Monk describes a golden age at Stoudios, as well as Theodore's often antagonistic encounters with imperial rulers. The Encyclical Letter of Naukratios, written in 826 by his successor, informed the scattered monks of their leader's death. Translation and Burial contains brief biographies of Theodore and his brother, along with an eyewitness account of their reburial at Stoudios. These works, translated into English for the first time, appear here alongside new editions of the Byzantine Greek texts.

A University of Tradition - The Spirit of Purdue (Hardcover, 2nd Revised ed.): Purdue Reamer Club A University of Tradition - The Spirit of Purdue (Hardcover, 2nd Revised ed.)
Purdue Reamer Club
R905 R772 Discovery Miles 7 720 Save R133 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A University of Tradition is a fascinating compilation of history, customs, pictures, and facts about Purdue University from its founding in 1869 to the present day. Covering all aspects of Purdue, from the origin of the nickname of its students and alumni'Boilermakers'to a chronological list of all buildings ever constructed on the campus of West Lafayette, Indiana, this book presents the ultimate insider--s guide to one of the world--s great universities. It contains a wealth of facts about student, academic, sporting, and campus traditions, as well as biographical information on all the University presidents and other members of Purdue--s family, including David Ross, Neil Armstrong, Eliza Fowler, Jack Mollenkopf, Helen Schleman, and Amelia Earhart.A University of Tradition spotlights many items that will spark the memories of any Purdue alumnus or fan. No matter if you were in the ...All-American' Marching Band, lived in the Quad, participated in Grand Prix, wrote for the Purdue Exponent, or were on campus when the Boilermakers won the 1967 Rose Bowl, you will appreciate and enjoy this book. The second edition is fully updated for 2012 and includes information about new landmarks, new traditions, and the incoming twelfth president of the University.

In Some Foreign Field - Four British Graves and Submarine Warfare on the North Carolina Outer Banks (Paperback, 3rd): VanLoan... In Some Foreign Field - Four British Graves and Submarine Warfare on the North Carolina Outer Banks (Paperback, 3rd)
VanLoan Naisawald
R299 R251 Discovery Miles 2 510 Save R48 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Kansas Boy - The Memoir of A. J. Bolinger (Paperback): A. J. Bolinger Kansas Boy - The Memoir of A. J. Bolinger (Paperback)
A. J. Bolinger; Edited by Jeffrey H. Barker, Melissa Walker
R704 R576 Discovery Miles 5 760 Save R128 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Kansas Boy: The Memoir of A. J. Bolinger offers the twenty-first-century reader delightful and revealing insights on life during an era of dramatic change in American history. Bolinger describes those years as 'bursting with energy, wild with ambition.' The Kansas of his childhood and young adulthood was a place where life was lived at a rapid pace: investors pursued fortunes as town developers, settlers sought to establish prosperous farms and ranches, and reformers tried to create an ideal society. A. J. opens his account with a vividly detailed description of the prairie itself, including how the frontier settlements of Kansas were in the process of becoming established communities. Born and raised in Elk County, Kansas, he tells stories of ranching and cattle drives. Retelling some of the legends of early Kansas, he debunks more than a few frontier myths. As he moves toward adulthood his accounts of farming and small-town life grow increasingly aware of the agricultural crisis of the 1880s and 1890s faced by farmers and small-town businesses as they struggled with the growing power of corporations, in particular the railroads. In doing so he offers ground-level insights into the appeal of the Populist movement and the rise of the People' Party. The challenges result in the Bolinger family's move to the city of Topeka where A. J. attends Washburn College. As a college student he helps temperance activist Carry Nation wage her antisaloon campaign and goes to Washburn's new law school. His first step in pursuing what would be a lifelong career in the law is to replicate his family's and his era's pattern of moving to where new opportunities lay: the Oklahoma territory. A. J. Bolinger (1881-1977) offers today's reader a deeply felt memoir with keen insights and thoughtful commentary that is by turns startlingly progressive and deeply conservative. He offers us a richer understanding of life on the prairies and plains of the last decades of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth century.

Vanishing Georgia - Photographs from the Vanishing Georgia Collection, Georgia Department of Archives and History (Paperback):... Vanishing Georgia - Photographs from the Vanishing Georgia Collection, Georgia Department of Archives and History (Paperback)
Sherry Konter, George S. Whiteley IV
R964 R799 Discovery Miles 7 990 Save R165 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The absorbing vintage photographs brought together in "Vanishing Georgia" recall life in the state from halfway through the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth. Pictured here are both great events and commonplace occurrences: Atlanta in the wake of Sherman's march and a small town bedecked in flags on the Fourth of July; paddlewheelers loaded with barrels of turpentine and proud owners of new automobiles; a get-together with neighbors for a corn shucking and a crowd straining to hear the last words of a convicted man. "Vanishing Georgia" is an engaging entree into the state's vast and varied history, a treasure for both casual browsers and serious scholars.

After the Romanovs - Russian exiles in Paris between the wars (Paperback): Helen Rappaport After the Romanovs - Russian exiles in Paris between the wars (Paperback)
Helen Rappaport
R363 R304 Discovery Miles 3 040 Save R59 (16%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A TLS and Prospect Book of the Year. The scintillating story of the Russian aristocrats, artists, and intellectuals who sought refuge in Belle Epoque Paris. The fall of the Romanov dynasty in 1917 forced thousands of Russians to flee their homeland with only the clothes on their backs. Many came to France's glittering capital, Paris. Former princes drove taxicabs, while their wives found work in the fashion houses. Some intellectuals, artists, poets, philosophers, and writers eked out a living at menial jobs; a few found success until the economic downturn of the 1930s hit. In exile, White activists sought to overthrow the Bolshevik regime from afar, and double agents plotted from both sides, to little avail. Many Russians became trapped in a cycle of poverty and their all-consuming homesickness. This is their story.

Tar Heels - How North Carolinians Got Their Nickname (Paperback): Michael W Taylor Tar Heels - How North Carolinians Got Their Nickname (Paperback)
Michael W Taylor
R202 R166 Discovery Miles 1 660 Save R36 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
History of Barbados (Hardcover, New Ed Of 1848 Ed): Sir Robert Schomburg History of Barbados (Hardcover, New Ed Of 1848 Ed)
Sir Robert Schomburg
R3,972 Discovery Miles 39 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This classic in West Indian history is invaluable, not only for a study of the history of Barbados, but for its wealth of information about the island.

Ukrainians in Michigan (Paperback): Paul M Hedeen, Maryna Hedeen Ukrainians in Michigan (Paperback)
Paul M Hedeen, Maryna Hedeen
R588 Discovery Miles 5 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This history of Ukrainian immigrants in Michigan and their American descendants examines both the choices people made and the social forces that impelled their decisions to migrate and to make new homes in the state. Michigan's Ukrainians came in four waves, each unique in time and character, beginning in the late nineteenth century and continuing in the twenty-first. Detroit attracted many of them with the opportunities it offered in its booming automobile industry. Yet others put down roots in cities and towns across the state. Wherever they settled, they established churches and community centers and continued to practice the customs of their homeland. Many Ukrainian Americans have made significant contributions to Michigan and the United States, including those who are showcased in this book. This comprehensive text also highlights cultural practices and traditional foods cherished by community members.

A New History of the American South (Hardcover): W. Fitzhugh Brundage A New History of the American South (Hardcover)
W. Fitzhugh Brundage; Edited by (associates) Laura F. Edwards, Jon F. Sensbach
R1,203 R973 Discovery Miles 9 730 Save R230 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

For at least two centuries, the South's economy, politics, religion, race relations, fiction, music, foodways and more have figured prominently in nearly all facets of American life. In A New History of the American South, W. Fitzhugh Brundage joins a stellar group of accomplished historians in gracefully weaving a new narrative of Southern history from its ancient past to the present. This groundbreaking work draws on both well-established and new currents in scholarship, including global and Atlantic world history, histories of African diaspora, environmental history, and more. The volume also considers the experiences of all people of the South: Black, white, Indigenous, female, male, poor, elite, and more. Together, the essays compose a seamless, cogent, and engaging work that can be read cover to cover or sampled at leisure. Contributors are Peter A. Coclanis, Gregory P. Downs, Laura F. Edwards, Robbie Ethridge, Kari Frederickson, Paul Harvey, Kenneth R. Janken, Martha S. Jones, Blair L. M. Kelley, Kate Masur, Michael A. McDonnell, Scott Reynolds Nelson, Jim Rice, Natalie Ring, and Jon F. Sensbach.

The Origins of the Arab-Iranian Conflict - Nationalism and Sovereignty in the Gulf between the World Wars (Paperback, New... The Origins of the Arab-Iranian Conflict - Nationalism and Sovereignty in the Gulf between the World Wars (Paperback, New edition)
Chelsi Mueller
R901 Discovery Miles 9 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The interwar period marked a transition from a Gulf society characterized by symbiosis and interdependency to a sub-region characterized by national divisions, sectarian suspicions, rivalries and political tension. In this study, Chelsi Mueller tells the story of a formative period in the Gulf, examining the triangular relationship between Iran, Britain and the Gulf Arab shaykhdoms. By doing so Mueller reveals how the revival of Iranian national ambitions in the Gulf had a significant effect on the dense web of Arab-Iranian relations during the interwar period. Shedding new light on our current understanding of the present-day Arab-Iranian conflict, this study, which pays particular attention to Bahrain and the Trucial states (United Arab Emirates), fills a significant gap in the literature on the history of Arab-Iranian relations in the Gulf and Iran's Persian Gulf policy during the Reza Shah period.

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