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A Political Romance: Léon Gambetta, Léonie Léon and the Making of t...
Foley, Susan K., Sowerwine, Charles
Hardcover. Leon Gambetta is renowned as a founder of the French Third Republic. This unique study of his correspondence with his lover, Leonie Leon, provides a fascinating insight into their intimate and political partnership. It brings to life Gambetta as lover and politician, the unknown figure of Leon, and the political and cultural world of 1870s Paris. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; HBTV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230206861
- ISBN
- 9780230206861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Hardcover. This is the first full-length study of the organization that incubated Britain's most provocative and successful fascist movement. Exploring Sir Oswald Mosley's secession from Labour, his evolving politics and his eventual embrace of fascism, this book examines the process by which he transformed from Labour politician to fascist. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPFQ; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230206977
- ISBN
- 9780230206977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. A sparkling new collection on religion and imperialism, covering Ireland and Britain, Australia, Canada, the Cape Colony and New Zealand, Botswana and Madagascar. Bursting with accounts of lively characters and incidents from around the British world, this collection is essential reading for all students of religious and imperial history. Editor(s): Carey, Hilary M. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 362 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HRAX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230208803
- ISBN
- 9780230208803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.60
€ 128.60
Hardcover. A major production site of Soviet KV and T-34 tanks in WWII, the town of Cheliabinsk in the Urals was nicknamed 'Tankograd', its civilian machine-building factories swiftly converted to arms production. This book gives a social, economic and political panorama that describes everyday life in a typical Soviet company town during the Stalin era. Num Pages: 363 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230208872
- ISBN
- 9780230208872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.76
€ 161.76
Hardcover. Henry Gurney was the last Chief Secretary of the Mandate Government of Palestine. From mid-March to mid-May 1948, at his HQ in Jerusalem's King David Hotel, he wrote his diary under fire from Jews and Arabs alike, with both groups taking aim at the British Administration as the Mandate drew to a close and the country spiralled into violence. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJPG; BJ; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230209862
- ISBN
- 9780230209862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. After the German occupation of 1940, Britain was forced to reassess its relationship with Norway, a country largely on the periphery of the main theatres of the Second World War. Christopher Mann examines British military policy towards Norway, concentrating on the commando raids, deception planning and naval operations. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DNN; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230210226
- ISBN
- 9780230210226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.24
€ 128.24
Books Without Borders, Volume 1: The Cross-National Dimension in Print...
Fraser, Robert, Hammond, Mary
Hardcover. Where does the book belong? Does it enshrine the soul of a nation, or is it a means by which nations talk to one another, sharing ideas, technologies, texts? This book, the first in a two-volume set of original essays, responds to these questions with archive-based case studies of print culture in a number of countries around the world. Num Pages: 225 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230210295
- ISBN
- 9780230210295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Hardcover. Through a consideration of historical memory, commemoration and the 'imagined communities' of nationalism, Ireland and India examines three aspects of Ireland's imperial history: relationships between Irish and Indian nationalists, the construction of Irishmen as imperial heroes, and the commemoration of an Irish regiment's mutiny in India. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1FKA; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke, UK
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230216747
- ISBN
- 9780230216747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.21
€ 128.21
Hardcover. Explores the dynamics between Orthodoxy and politics in Romania, providing an accessible narrative on church-state relations from the establishment of the state in 1859 to the rise of CeauAuescu in 1965. The book argues that Romanian national communism had an ally in a strong Church, and analyzes religious diplomacy with actors in the West. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW; HRAM2; HRCC8. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218017
- ISBN
- 9780230218017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. Providing a compelling analysis of debates in and about the modern city, this book draws upon architecture, history, literary studies, new media and sociology to explore the multiple connections between location, speech and the emerging modern metropolis. It concludes by reflecting on public speaking in the construction of the virtual city. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; JFSG; YQN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218093
- ISBN
- 9780230218093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardcover. Documenting an audacious Franco-German movement for moral disarmament, instigated in 1921 by war veteran and French Catholic politician Marc Sangnier, in this transnational study Gearoid Barry examines the European resonance of Sangnier's Peace Congresses and their political and religious ecumenism within France in the era of two World Wars. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 172 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218253
- ISBN
- 9780230218253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Paperback. In the 75th anniversary of CARA (Council for Assisting Refugee Academics), this book explores the experiences and achievements of refugee academics and their rescuers to recount Britain's past relationship with overseas victims of persecution, and as vital questions about our present-day attitudes towards immigration and asylum. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLW; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218789
- ISBN
- 9780230218789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.70
€ 44.70
Hardcover. Collects twelve previously unpublished essays by one of Britain's most eminent historians, David Cannadine, including his inaugural and valedictory lectures at the Institute of Historical Research. A unique volume discussing the study and nature of History itself and a range of key topics and periods in British and Imperial History. Num Pages: 402 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218895
- ISBN
- 9780230218895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.94
€ 57.94
Hardcover. A new account of voting between the First and Second Reform Bills, outlining a new interpretation of electoral behaviour, and emphasizing the links between individual electors and their social context. It also explores the consequences of these ideas for local political organization, suffragism, and the development of the party system. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219656
- ISBN
- 9780230219656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Hardcover. The first book to provide a detailed analysis of the body-trafficking networks of the dead poor that underpinned the expansion of medical education from Victorian times. With an even-handed approach to the business of anatomy, Hurren uses remarkable case histories which still echo a vibrant body-business on the internet today in a biomedical age. Num Pages: 416 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; MBX; MFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219663
- ISBN
- 9780230219663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.89
€ 128.89
Hardcover. Beckett's bilingual oeuvre has been approached from many angles, most of which stress its autonomy from understandings of Irishness emerging from the Irish Literary Revival. Emilie Morin shows that such autonomy is only apparent, and that Beckett's avant-garde practices remain bound to the exigencies that govern their very development. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSBH; DSG; HBJD1; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke, UK
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219861
- ISBN
- 9780230219861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.67
€ 116.67
Hardcover. The highly performative categories of 'Irish culture' and 'Irishness' are in need of critical address, prompted by recent changes in Irish society, the arts industry and modes of critical inquiry. This book broaches this task by considering Irish expressive culture through some of the paradigms and vocabularies offered by performance studies. Num Pages: 269 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; ASZP; AVGH; DSBH; DSG; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke, UK
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219984
- ISBN
- 9780230219984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. Following the Glorious Revolution the court of the exiled Stuarts was for many years based in France, until after the failure of the Jacobite rising of 1715, it was forced to move, eventually to be established in Rome. This book provides the first study of the court in transition, when exiled King James III lived in the Palazzo Ducale at Urbino. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230220041
- ISBN
- 9780230220041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardcover. A unique study of how a deeply religious country like India acquired the laws and policies of a secular state, highlighting the contradictory effects of British imperial policies, the complex role played by Indian Christians, and how this highly divided community shaped its own identity and debated that of their new nation. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230220058
- ISBN
- 9780230220058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.72
€ 67.72
The End of the French Exception?. Decline and Revival of the 'French M...
. Ed(S): Chafer, Tony; Godin, Emmanuel
Analyzes the notion of the French exception and the ways in which it has informed both academic analysis and political commentary on France today. Adopting a comparative and interdisciplinary approach it examines the resilience of the notion of French exceptionalism and evaluates its relevance in a changing domestic and global context. Editor(s): Chafer, Tony; Godin, Emmanuel. Series: French Politics, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; JPB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230220782
- ISBN
- 9780230220782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Hardcover. The first biography of Alfred Webb, Irish nationalist and president of the 1894 Indian National Congress. The biography explores how Webb viewed nationalism as a vehicle for global social justice. Drawing on archives in Britain, Ireland and India the author reveals how Irish and Indians used cosmopolitan London to create networks across the Empire. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1FKA; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBJF; JPFN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230220850
- ISBN
- 9780230220850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book aims at presenting and assessing imperialism as a theoretical concept. It aims to provide a comprehensive evaluation, focusing specifically on the tension between Marx's theoretical system of the Critique of Political Economy and the theories of capitalist expansion and domination. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JPA; KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221000
- ISBN
- 9780230221000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Hardcover. A history of French homosexuals since 1942 in the interconnected realms of law, politics and the media, with a focus on the complex relationship between French republican values and the possibilities they have offered for change in each of these three spheres. Num Pages: 175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221055
- ISBN
- 9780230221055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.42
€ 127.42
Hardcover. Political Warfare against the Kremlin provides a comparative study and holistic review of American and British propaganda policy toward the Soviet Union during the first fifteen years of the Cold War, ranging from the role senior policymakers played in setting propaganda policy to the West's radio broadcasts to the Soviet Union. Series: Global Conflict and Security Since 1945. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS; JPVN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221147
- ISBN
- 9780230221147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29