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Hardback. Zustand: Fair. We imagine the plantation--the big house, the porticos, the slave quarters, the vast cotton fields--as situated firmly in the dismal American past. Yet as historian Daniel Rood shows in In the Shadow the Great House, the plantation is still very much with us today. Opening with the origins of the plantation on the tiny sugar-producing island of S o Tom in the 1500s, Rood then brings us to North America, and traces, in succession, the establishment of tobacco plantations in Virginia, rice plantations in the Carolina Low Country, and cotton plantations in the Deep South. He rewrites our understanding of these phenomena, showing, with uncommon precision, how enslaved people built the American landscape even as they suffered under a brutal labor regime. He then moves to the post-slavery era, demonstrating that the plantation evolved into agribusiness, chicken farming, and other developments we usually associate with modern capitalism. Drawing surprising connections between past and present, Rood argues that the plantation was, and in many respects remains, the engine of American progress.…

Zustand: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Softcover. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 13x21cm]. Very Good condition. Previous owner's name to inside fron cover. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 61 pages. 1986 Boyer Lectures. The synopsis says [in part] "Australia stands today at a vital crossroad. But while we seek solutions to the economic difficulties that beset us, we are confronted by more fundamental problems.".…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket as Issued. First Paper Edition. Minimal wear to covers. Spine not creased. Mild even tanning to edges of page-block. Internally clean. 354pp 0 Size: 155mm x 235mm. Book.

Paperback. Zustand: VERY GOOD. 310pp. Sound, unmarked copy. Hard to find in North America.

Zustand: Good. Slight lean to spine. Fading/creases to spine. Scratches/some nicks to cover. Light tanning to pages. Text very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Jacket has moderate wear plus sunning to spine. No tears. Internally very clean. Binding tight. 310pp Size: 175mm x 250mm. Book.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 310pp. 21cm. 6 maps. Eora Glossary. English Glossary. references. Soft covers. Very good copy. (Pemulwuy led his people in the struggle against the British 1788-1802. Historical novel).

Zustand: New. In English.

Soft Cover. Zustand: F-. Reprint. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed & creased, prev. owner's name to half-title, texter mark to tail edge, denoting one-time remaindered copy); pp. 310, with 2 maps. A near fine copy. A novel based on the life of Pemulwuy, leader of the Eora people during the early settlement of Sydney.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: VG+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG+. First Edition. VG+/VG+. 8vo. original blue boards gilt (a trifle rubbed & marked, some leaf edge speckling) in dustwrapper (slightly rubbed & creased, some spotting on reverse); pp. 310, with 2 maps + decorated endpapers. Heavy item (1.25 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. A novel based on the life of Pemulwuy, leader of the Eora people during the early settlement of Sydney.…

Zustand: New. KlappentextThis is the story of an extraordinary man, Pemulwuy, the warrior leader of the Eora people and of the bloody Battle of Sydney which raged from 1788 until 1802. Pemulwuy used his life as a weapon to fight an impossible war w.