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Paperback. In this fresh and controversial account of Britain's end of empire, Grob-Fitzgibbon reveals that the British government developed a successful strategy of decolonization following the Second World War based on devolving power to indigenous peoples within the Commonwealth. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 392 pages, 2 maps, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2011th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230248731
ISBN
9780230248731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.83

Paperback. Examines the mutual impact of Britain's colonization of India on Indian and British culture. This title shows that national culture in both India and Britain developed in relation to their shared colonial experience and that notions of religion and secularity were crucial in imagining the modern nation in both countries. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTQ; HRA; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691074788
ISBN
9780691074788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.30

Hardback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12, 9 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801451805
ISBN
9780801451805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.67

Publisher
United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612346243
ISBN
9781612346243
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.83

Hardback. Imperial Designs is the first text in English dealing comprehensively with the Italian colonial experience in China. It confirms imperial policy and the rhetoric of conquest. Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611475012
ISBN
9781611475012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.92

Paperback. Imperial Debris redirects critical focus from ruins as evidence of the past to "ruination" as the processes through which imperial power occupies the present. Editor(s): Stoler, Ann Laura. Num Pages: 384 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353614
ISBN
9780822353614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 33.25

Paperback. Drawing on a wealth of primary and secondary sources, this book explores how far imperial culture penetrated antipodean city institutions. It argues that far from imperial saturation, the city 'Down Under' was remarkably untouched by the Empire. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJM; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349481361
ISBN
9781349481361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.68

Hardback. Drawing on a wealth of primary and secondary sources, this book explores how far imperial culture penetrated antipodean city institutions. It argues that far from imperial saturation, the city 'Down Under' was remarkably untouched by the Empire. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 1MBN; 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137385727
ISBN
9781137385727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.71

Hardback. This book explores the creation of imperial identities in Britain and several of its colonies_South Africa, India, Australia, and Wales_and the ways in which the Victorian press around the world shaped and reflected these identities. Editor(s): Codell, Professor Julie F. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472523
ISBN
9781611472523
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.67

Paperback. In 1798 the armies of the French Revolution tried to transform Rome from the capital of the Papal States to a Jacobin Republic. Based on primary sources and incorporating two centuries of Italian, French, and international research, this work reveals what life was like for Romans in the age of Napoleon. Num Pages: 256 pages, 54 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226579733
ISBN
9780226579733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.32

Hardcover. Imperial Citizen considers the geopolitical necessities of Ottoman-Iranian/Sunni-Shiite relations in the Iraqi frontier provinces in the late 19th-early 20th century through an examination of Ottoman centralization policies, and the impact of those policies on Ottoman citizenship laws and on the institution of marriage. Series: Gender and Globalization. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBTQ; LNDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632856
ISBN
9780815632856
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.92

Paperback. Offers an analysis of the Chinese Armies that fought a series of increasingly fractious wars over nearly a century. Beginning with a run through of the Chinese forces that fought the British and French during the two Opium Wars, this history goes on to trace the forces who were drawn into internal wars and rebellions in the 1850s and 60s. Illustrator(s): Embleton, Gerry. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, 40 b/w; 8 col. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLL; HBW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 271 x 5. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472814272
ISBN
9781472814272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.55

Paperback. This is a history of China for the 900-year time span of the late imperial period. F.W. Mote highlights the personal characteristics of the rulers and dynasties and probes the cultural theme of Chinese adaptations to recurrent alien rule. Num Pages: 1128 pages, 5 halftones, 22 maps, 9 charts. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3J; GTB; HBJF; HBLC; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 251 x 165 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1600.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
1128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674012127
ISBN
9780674012127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.16

Paperback. "Reprint. First published in Great Britain by Viking, 1991. Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-157) and index. Commissioning organisation: Charis Chan. xii, 164 p. ill., maps 21 cm. Paperback. Very good copy." Keywords: "Subjects - Art, Architecture & Photography - Architecture - General,Subjects - Art, Architecture & Photography - General"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New edition
SKU
KEX0082865
ISBN
9780140118568
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Making an important addition to the highly Britain-dominated field of imperial studies, this book shows that, like numerous other evangelicals operating throughout the colonized world at this time, Danish missionaries invested remarkable resources in the education of different categories children in both India and Denmark. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DND; 1FKA; HBTB; HBTQ; HRCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137432988
ISBN
9781137432988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.13

Paperback. An analysis of how culture, class and gender shaped American foreign policy during the Cold War. The author examines the institutions that shaped the members of the US foreign policy establishment, including all-male prep schools and Ivy-League universities. Series: Culture, Politics & the Cold War. Num Pages: 344 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSJ; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558494145
ISBN
9781558494145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.84

Paperback. BIC Classification: HBG. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846140877
ISBN
9781846140877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. Presents the history of Catholic armies of the Hapsburg Empire that fought in the Thirty Years War. This book explores the role of infantry and artillery during the last major religious war in mainland Europe. Illustrator(s): Pavlovic, Darko. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 186 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846034473
ISBN
9781846034473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.27

Hardcover. This book traverses the Indian Ocean in the period when the British held sway over the major oceanic waters of the world. In reviving the history of the Andamans as an important imperial prize, it offers a fresh perspective on the history of British colonialism, nationalism and the creation of modern India from its geographic periphery. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230576056
ISBN
9780230576056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.31

Paperback. This booktraverses the Indian Ocean in the period when the British held sway over the major oceanic waters of the world. In reviving the history of the Andamans as an important imperial prize, it offers a fresh perspective on the history of British colonialism, nationalism and the creation of modern India from its geographic periphery." Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJF; HBL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349366057
ISBN
9781349366057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.53

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