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Paperback. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349223510
ISBN
9781349223510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.10

Paperback. This volume is the first major account for nearly fifty years to critically re-assess Labour's first period in office in terms of domestic, foreign and imperial policy. It draws on a wide range of private papers and official sources and reconstructs the history of this forgotten government in the broader social and political context of the 1920s. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137311863
ISBN
9781137311863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.30

Hardcover. Num Pages: 260 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJF1; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 241 x 34. Weight in Grams: 672.
Publisher
Vallentine Mitchell
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910383216
ISBN
9781910383216
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.37

Hardcover. Britain's overseas civil services - the Colonial Administrative Service, the Indian Civil Service and the Sudan Political Service - no longer exist as good careers for Britain's graduates. In this study the history of each service is set against the need to administer an expanding empire. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 362 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 611.
Edition
2000 ed.
Publisher
Macmillan Pub Co
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333732977
ISBN
9780333732977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 228.36

Paperback. This look at British activity in the 19th century analyses: the high political concerns of strategy and international geopolitics, economic dimension, missionary activity, racial attitudes, and a wide range of cultural aspects, including sport and the pursuit of sexual opportunity. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, tables, maps, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QFC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333993118
ISBN
9780333993118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.33

Paperback. Britain's Imperial Muse explores the classics' contribution to British imperialism and to the experience of empire in India through the long 19th century. It reveals the classics role as a foundational source for positive conceptions of empire and a rhetorical arsenal used by commentators to justify conquest and domination, especially of India. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349326433
ISBN
9781349326433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.30

Hardcover. Britain's Imperial Muse explores the classics' contribution to British imperialism and to the experience of empire in India through the long 19th century. It reveals the classics role as a foundational source for positive conceptions of empire and a rhetorical arsenal used by commentators to justify conquest and domination, especially of India. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230278615
ISBN
9780230278615
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.24

Hardback. This is a major contribution to scholarly debates on the chronology and nature of secularization in modern Britain. Combining historical and social scientific insights, it analyses a range of statistical evidence for the 'long 1950s', testing (and largely rejecting) Callum Brown's claims that there was a religious resurgence during this period. Series: Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLW3; HRCX6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 347.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137512529
ISBN
9781137512529
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.27

Hardback. Num Pages: 243 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPS; JPWL; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403917799
ISBN
9781403917799
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349511419
ISBN
9781349511419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.62

Paperback. Britain's Rottenest Years is not just a bad news story. It is a fantastically readable leapfrog through British history which takes us, via the interesting bits, from the misery of the Roman invasion of AD60 (when 50,000 Roman thugs invaded) to the Thatcherite year of discontent of 1981. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Short Books Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906021580
ISBN
9781906021580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

paperback. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141026916
ISBN
9780141026916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJF; HBL; JPSD; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349276387
ISBN
9781349276387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Paperback. The familiar image of the British in the Second World War is that of the plucky underdog taking on German might. This title shows the conflict in a new light, with Britain as a very wealthy country, formidable in arms, ruthless in pursuit of its interests and sitting at the heart of a global production system. Num Pages: 464 pages, 8pp colour, 16pp b&w. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141026107
ISBN
9780141026107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardcover. After 1945, Britain maintained a chain of overseas military outposts stretching from the Suez Canal to Singapore. This study provides an explanation of the decision to abandon these bases and offers insights into the processes of foreign policy change and the decline of great powers. Series: Contemporary History in Context S. Num Pages: 248 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPH; JPQB; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1998th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333695265
ISBN
9780333695265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Paperback. The coastline of Victorian and Edwardian Britain provided beauty, entertainment and a venue for most people's holidays. But it was also a thriving centre of industry - shipbuilding and fishing. This book travels around Britain's coast - clockwise from London - looking at the industries that could be found at many of the cities and towns en route. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
9780747806783
ISBN
9780747806783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.98

Paperback. Using primary source information, including interviews with the key decision-makers, this is an examination of the process leading to the British decision in 1966 to abandon its 127 year old military presence in Aden and thereby begin its retreat from East of Suez. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349216758
ISBN
9781349216758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBW; HBWQ; KCL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349425075
ISBN
9781349425075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.92

Hardcover. This book challenges the orthodoxy that Chamberlain's appeasement policy before World War II was justified by Britain's inability to pay for rearmament. It shows that British war potential was actually massive, with a solid foundation in the existing Imperial economy. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 493.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333922927
ISBN
9780333922927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.82

Hardcover. This volume relates the development of Anglo-Australian-New-Zealand relations during and immediately after World War II to the role of the United States in the south west Pacific. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 271 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1MBF; 1MBN; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBJK; HBJM; HBWQ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333775004
ISBN
9780333775004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.24

Paperback. A collection of essays from internationally renowned scholars in the field of Anglo-French relations, providing an authoritative survey for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying International Relations in the twentieth century. Editor(s): Capet, Antoine. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBW; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349284474
ISBN
9781349284474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.94

Hardcover. This collection gathers many of the best-known names in the field of Anglo-French relations and provides an authoritative survey of the field. Starting with the crucial period of the First World War and ending with the equally complex question of the second Iraq War, the study has an emphasis on British perceptions of the Entente. Editor(s): Capet, Antoine. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230009028
ISBN
9780230009028
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.76

Paperback. Britain's murky relationship with the Greek dictatorship is revealed in this important new study. Series: LSE Hellenic Observatory Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJD; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849043656
ISBN
9781849043656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.81

Hardcover. This book offers a unique and fascinating examination of British and Irish responses to Italian independence and unification in the mid-nineteenth century. Chapters explore the interplay of religion, politics, exile, feminism, colonialism and romanticism in fuelling impassioned debates on the 'Italian question' on both sides of the Irish Sea. Editor(s): Carter, Nick. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 1DST; 3JH; HBJD; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137297716
ISBN
9781137297716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.03

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