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Hardcover. A major academic controversy has raged in recent years over the analysis of the political and religious commitments of Samuel Johnson, the most commanding of the 'commanding heights' of eighteenth-century English letters. This book, one of a trilogy from Palgrave, brings that debate to a decisive conclusion, retrieving the 'historic Johnson.' Editor(s): Clark, J. C. D.; Erskine-Hill, Howard. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230355996
ISBN
9780230355996
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Hardcover. Based on the case of the ILO, both as an actor and driver of international social policy, this collection explores the internationalization process of social rights, in a number of national and international contexts. This collection brings together a variety of new scholarship by a group of highly qualified and internationally renowned scholars. Editor(s): Kott, Sandrine; Droux, Joelle. Series: International Labour Organization (ILO) Century Series. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBTB; JFFS; JHBL; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 218 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230343658
ISBN
9780230343658
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.28

Hardcover. The constant flow of people, ideas, and commodities across the Atlantic propelled the development of a public sphere. Chapters explore the multiple ways in which a growing urban consciousness influenced national and international cultural and political intersections. Editor(s): Fay, Elizabeth; Von Morze, Leonard. Series: The New Urban Atlantic. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230341401
ISBN
9780230341401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.49

Hardcover. This volume serves up a combination of broad questions, theoretical approaches, and manifold case studies to explore how people have sought to understand markets and thereby reduce risk, whether they have approached this challenge with a practical view based on their own business acumen or used the tools of scholarship. Editor(s): Berghoff, Hartmut; Scranton, Philip; Spiekermann, Uwe. Series: Worlds of Consumption. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230341067
ISBN
9780230341067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.48

Hardcover. The atomic age was described as one that might soon end in the destruction of human civilization, but from the beginning, utopian images were attached to it as well. This book compares representations of nuclear power in popular media from around the world to to trace divergences, convergences, and exchanges. Editor(s): Van Lente, Dick. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 290 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBG; HBLW3; PDR; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230340909
ISBN
9780230340909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.05

Hardcover. This collection examines the intersection between the products of the Disney Corporation and popular culture's fascination with the Middle Ages. Editor(s): Pugh, Tison; Aronstein, Susan. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFV; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230340077
ISBN
9780230340077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.11

Hardcover. This book illuminates our understanding of what happens when different cultures meet. Twelve cultural historians explore the mechanism and inner dynamic of such encounters, and demonstrate that while they often occur on the wave of global forces and influences, they only acquire meaning locally, where culture inherently resides. Editor(s): Rozbicki, Michal Jan; Ndege, George O. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230339972
ISBN
9780230339972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

Hardcover. Revealing twenty-first century contexts, ground-breaking scenarios, and innovative mediums for this highly contested life writing genre, this volume showcases a new generation of testimonio scholarship. Editor(s): Detwiler, Louise; Breckenridge, Janis. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JPA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230338470
ISBN
9780230338470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.15

Hardcover. Covering the period following the collapse of communism, the unification of Germany, and Poland's accession to the EU, this collection focuses on the interdependencies of German, Polish, and Jewish collective memories and their dialogic, transnational character, showing the collective nature of postmemory and the pressures that shape it. Editor(s): Kopp, Kristin; Nizynska, Joanna. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVP; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230337305
ISBN
9780230337305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.29

Hardcover. Warfare in the modern era has often been described in terms of national armies fighting national wars. This volume challenges the view by examining transnational aspects of military mobilization from the eighteenth century to the present. Truly global in scope, it offers an alternative way of reading the military history of the last 250 years. Editor(s): Arielli, Nir; Collins, Bruce. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230319684
ISBN
9780230319684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.42

Hardcover. Tracing the emergence of 'Religious Internationals' as a distinctive new phenomenon in world history, this book transforms our understanding of the role of religion in our modern world. Through in-depth studies comparing the experiences of Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jews and Muslims, leading experts shed new light on 'global civil society'. Editor(s): Green, Abigail; Viaene, Vincent. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 397 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBLW; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230319509
ISBN
9780230319509
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.89

Hardcover. In reaction to the centralizing nation-building efforts of states in nineteenth-century Europe, many regions began to define their own identity. In thirteen stimulating essays, specialists analyze why regional identities became widely celebrated towards the end of that century and why some considered themselves part of the new national self-image. Editor(s): Augusteijn, Joost; Storm, H. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230313941
ISBN
9780230313941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.29

Hardcover. A wide-ranging new survey of the role of the sea in Britain's global presence in the 19th century. Mostly at peace, but sometimes at war, Britain grew as a maritime empire in the Victorian era. This collection looks at British sea-power as a strategic, moral and cultural force. Editor(s): Taylor, Miles. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB; HBTM; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230303881
ISBN
9780230303881
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. This collection takes the perspective that the historiography of science, technology, and medicine needs a broader approach toward regulation. The authors explore the distinct social worlds involved in regulation, the forms of evidence and expertise mobilized, and means of intervention chosen to tame drugs in factories, consulting rooms and courts. Editor(s): Gaudilliere, Jean-Paul; Hess, Volker. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; KNDP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230301962
ISBN
9780230301962
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.77

Hardcover. This collection of essays looks at Anglo-French relations from the Second World War to the advent of Margaret Thatcher's government in a new light, focusing on the work of Britain's ambassadors to France. In particular, it looks at moves towards deeper European integration, a key theme in twentieth century British foreign policy. Editor(s): Pastor-Castro, Rogelia; Young, John W. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTW; HBWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230301559
ISBN
9780230301559
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. EPUB Editor(s): Ichijo, Atsuko. Series: Identities and Modernities in Europe. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; JFFS; JPFN; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230301436
ISBN
9780230301436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

Paperback. This volume asks which national histories underpinned which national identity constructions in almost every nation state in Europe during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It explores the construction of national identities through history writing and analyzes their interrelationship with histories of ethnicity/race, class and religion. Editor(s): Berger, Stefan; Lorenz, Chris. Series: Writing the Nation. Num Pages: 656 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 39. Weight in Grams: 990.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
656
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230300514
ISBN
9780230300514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 142.00

Hardcover. EPUB Editor(s): Fricker, Karen; Gluhovic, Milija. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVGP; HBJD; JFCA; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230299924
ISBN
9780230299924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.20

Hardcover. Timothy Heppell brings together a renowned group of contributors to consider the role of the Leader of the Opposition in British Politics. The book argues that the neglect of opposition studies needs to be addressed, especially given the increasing importance attached to the performance the Leader of the Opposition in the British political system. Editor(s): Heppell, Timothy. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; HBLW; JPH; JPHL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230296473
ISBN
9780230296473
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.95

Paperback. Tracing sexual violence in Europe's twentieth century from the Armenian genocide to Auschwitz and Algeria to Bosnia, this pathbreaking volume expands military history to include the realm of sexuality. Examining both stories of consensual romance and of intimate brutality, it also contributes significant new insights to the history of sexuality. Editor(s): Herzog, Dagmar. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFFE1; JHBK5; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230285637
ISBN
9780230285637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 138.37

Paperback. This innovative project unites leading scholars of English, History and French to examine the challenges of teaching early modern literature, history and culture within higher education. The volume sets out a variety of approaches to teaching the period and aims to revitalize the connection between teaching and research. Editor(s): Conroy, Derval; Clarke, Danielle. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBG; JNM; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230284517
ISBN
9780230284517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

Hardcover. The idea of distance is one of the defining principles of modern historical method. This volume gives the discussion of historical distance new breadth, flexibility and importance by incorporating diverse modes of representation including photography, sculpture, painting, musical theatre, and fashion. Editor(s): Phillips, Mark Salber; Caine, Barbara; Thomas, Julia Adeney. Series: Re-Enactment History. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230284081
ISBN
9780230284081
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.03

Hardcover. Memories of and attitudes to the German Democratic Republic (GDR), or East Germany, within contemporary Germany are characterized by their variety and complexity, whilst the debate over how to remember the GDR tells us a lot about how Germans see themselves and their future. This volume provides a range of international perspectives. Editor(s): Clarke, David; Wolfel, Ute. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230275508
ISBN
9780230275508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.89

Hardcover. The first comparative study of the spread of mass education around the world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this unique new book uses a bottom-up focus and demonstrates, to an extent not appreciated hitherto, the gulf between the intentions of the government and the reality on the ground. Editor(s): Brockliss, Laurence; Sheldon, Nicola. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; JN; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230273504
ISBN
9780230273504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.11

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