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Climate, Science, and Colonization: Histories from Australia and New Z...
O´gorman, Emily, Henry, Matthew
Hardcover. Offering new historical understandings of human responses to climate and climate change, this cutting-edge volume explores the dynamic relationship between settlement, climate, and colonization, covering everything from the physical impact of climate on agriculture and land development to the development of "folk" and government meteorologies. Editor(s): Beattie, James; Henry, Matthew; O'Gorman, Emily. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 1MBN; HBJM; HBTB; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137333926
- ISBN
- 9781137333926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. The strife for social improvement that arose in the decades around the turn of the 20th century raised the issue of social conformity in new ways: how were citizens who did not adhere to the rules to be dealt with? This edited collection opens new perspectives on the history of the emerging welfare state by focusing on its margins. Editor(s): Althammer, Beate; Gestrich, Andreas; Grundler, Jens. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137333612
- ISBN
- 9781137333612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Hardcover. Eirini Karamouzi explores the history of the European Economic Community (EEC) in the turbulent decade of the 1970s and especially the Community's response to the fall of the Greek dictatorship and the country's application for EEC membership. The book constitutes the first multi-archival study on the second enlargement of the EEC. Series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1QFE; 3JJPL; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137331328
- ISBN
- 9781137331328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
hardcover. The new histories of love and romance offered within this edited collection illustrate the many changes, but also the surprising continuities in understandings of love, romance, affection, intimacy and sex from the First World War until the beginning of the Women's Liberation movement. Editor(s): Harris, Dr. Alana; Jones, Timothy. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HBLL; HBLW; HBTR; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137328625
- ISBN
- 9781137328625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.80
€ 67.80
Hardcover. Bankhurst examines how news regarding the violent struggle to control the borderlands of British North America between 1740 and 1760 resonated among communities in Ireland with familial links to the colonies. This work considers how intense Irish press coverage and American fundraising drives in Ireland produced empathy among Ulster Presbyterians. Series: Christianities in the Trans-Atlantic World, 1500-1800. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3JF; HBTB; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137328199
- ISBN
- 9781137328199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.29
€ 94.29
Hardcover. Through an analysis of the marriage patterns of thousands of aristocratic women as well as an examination of diaries, letters, and memoirs, this book demonstrates that the sense of rank identity as manifested in these women's marriages remained remarkably stable for centuries, until it was finally shattered by the First World War. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 169 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137327796
- ISBN
- 9781137327796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. In the 17th century, the elite household (kapi) became the focal point of Ottoman elite politics and socialization. It was a cultural melting pot, bringing together individuals of varied backgrounds through empire-wide patronage networks. This book investigates the layers of kapi power, through the example of Seyhulislam Feyzullah Efendielite. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137326898
- ISBN
- 9781137326898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. With studies of China, India, West Africa, South America and Europe, this book provides a global perspective on food consumption in the modern world. Combing ethnographic, historical and comparative analyses, the volume celebrates the contributions of Jack Goody to the anthropology of food. Editor(s): Klein, Jakob A.; Murcott, Anne. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; JFFT; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137326409
- ISBN
- 9781137326409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardback. This book examines transformation of political and religious spheres in Iran from the start of the Qajar period to the dramatic post-election crisis of 2009. It challenges dominant scholarly assumptions about the influence of Shi'ism in Iranian culture and the role of religious elites. Series: Middle East Today. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBTV; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 471.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137325853
- ISBN
- 9781137325853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.91
€ 128.91
Communicating Awe: Media Memory and Holocaust Commemoration (Palgrave ...
Meyers, Oren, Neiger, Motti, Zandberg, Eyal
Hardcover. Offering a cross-media exploration of Israeli media on Holocaust Remembrance Day, one of Israel's most sacred national rituals, over the past six decades, this fascinating book investigates the way in which variables such as medium, structure of ownership, genre and targeted audiences shape the collective recollection of traumatic memories. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBTZ1; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137325235
- ISBN
- 9781137325235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. Sound experimentation by avant-garde theatre artists of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries is an important but ignored aspect of theatre history. Curtin explores how artists engaged with the sonic conditions of modernity through dramatic form, characterization, staging, technology, performance style, and other forms of interaction. Series: Avant-Gardes in Performance. Num Pages: 274 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ANF; ANH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137324788
- ISBN
- 9781137324788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.40€ 47.00
€ 53.40
€ 47.00
Hardcover. The book shows how teachers struggled to liberate their country's education system from the legacy of dictatorship, combining a general evaluation of the phenomenon with intimate glances at the people who drove it forward. By vindicating the importance of democratic professionals it illuminates the Spanish transition to democracy from a new angle. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJPL; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137323736
- ISBN
- 9781137323736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. Tycoons, Scorchers, and Outlaws charts how auto racing was shaped by class tensions between the millionaires who invented it, the public who resented their seizure of the public roads, and the working class drivers who viewed the sport as a vocation, not a leisured pursuit. Num Pages: 154 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137322500
- ISBN
- 9781137322500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Hardcover. This book reviews the period from the unification of Italy to the fascist era through significant Neapolitan performers such as Gilda Mignonette and Enrico Caruso. It traces the transformation of a popular tradition written in dialect into a popular tradition, written in Italian, that contributed to the production of "American" identity. Series: Italian & Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBBEY; AVGN; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137322418
- ISBN
- 9781137322418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. At Home in the Institution examines space and material culture in asylums, lodging houses and schools in Victorian and Edwardian England, and explores the powerful influence of domesticity on all three institutional types. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137322388
- ISBN
- 9781137322388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.40
€ 116.40
Hardback. Exploring the developments that have occurred in the practice of oral history since digital audio and video became viable, this book explores various groundbreaking projects in the history of digital oral history, distilling the insights of pioneers in the field and applying them to the constantly changing electronic landscape of today. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBA; HBTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 471.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137322005
- ISBN
- 9781137322005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
hardcover. The Wolfenden Report of 1957 has long been recognized as a landmark in moves towards gay law reform. Less well known are the testimonials and statements of witnesses before the Wolfenden Committee, which provide the most complete and extensive array of perspectives we have on how homosexuality was understood in mid-twentieth century Britain. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFSJ; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137321497
- ISBN
- 9781137321497
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.90
€ 68.90
Hardcover. Sexual Revolutions explores the sexual revolution of the late twentieth century in several European countries and the USA by engaging with themes from sexual freedom and abortion to pornography and sexual variation. This work discusses the involvement of youth, feminism, left, liberalism, arts, science and religion in the process of sexual change. Editor(s): Hekma, Gert; Giami, Alain. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137321459
- ISBN
- 9781137321459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Hardcover. An unprecedented number of people were sent to 'lunatic asylums' in the nineteenth century. But what was life like inside? How was order maintained? And why were so many doctors on the verge of a breakdown themselves? This book provides a glimpse into the lives of patients and staff inside two London asylums at the turn of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBTB; JKSM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137321428
- ISBN
- 9781137321428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. Covering two hundred years, this groundbreaking book brings together essays on borderlands by leading experts in the modern history of the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia to offer the first historical study of borderlands with a global reach. Editor(s): Readman, Paul; Radding, Cynthia; Bryant, Chad. Num Pages: 360 pages, 15 maps, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBG; HBLL; HBTP; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137320575
- ISBN
- 9781137320575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.84
€ 68.84