The California Missions

History, Art and Preservation
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Hardback, Sep 2009
ISBN13: 9780892369836ISBN10: 0892369833
The history of the California Missions--along with current preservation efforts--is presented in this lavishly illustrated volume


Luck and the Irish

A Brief History of Change from 1970
$29.95
Hardback, Feb 2008
ISBN13: 9780195179521ISBN10: 0195179528
A penetrating and provocative look at the miraculous transformation of Ireland in the last thirty years, by one of her most eminent historians


Deliver Us from Evil

The Slavery Question in the Old South
$34.95
Hardback, Aug 2009
ISBN13: 9780195118094ISBN10: 019511809X
A fascinating study of the white South's twisted and tortured efforts to justify slavery, focusing on the period from the drafting of the federal constitution in 1787 through the age of Jackson


The Devil's Lane

Sex and Race in the Early South
$49.99
Paperback, May 1997
ISBN13: 9780195112436ISBN10: 0195112431
A fascinating story of competing agendas and clashing cultures on the southern frontier


Latina Legacies

Identity, Biography, and Community
$19.99
Paperback, Feb 2005
ISBN13: 9780195153996ISBN10: 0195153995
Documents the lives of fifteen remarkable Latinas who witnessed, defined, defied, and wrote about the forces that shaped their lives.


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