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Hardcover. Despite emancipation from the evils of enslavement in 1838, most people of African origin in the British West Indian colonies continued to suffer serious material deprivation and racial oppression. This book examines the management and treatment of those who became insane, in the period until the Great War. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBTQ; JKSM; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137028624
- ISBN
- 9781137028624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. Placing topical debates in historical perspective, the essays by leading scholars of history, literature and political science explore issues of difference and diversity, inclusion and exclusion, and faith in relation to a variety of Christian groups, Jews and Muslims in the context of both early modern and contemporary England and America. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; 3J; HBTB; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137028037
- ISBN
- 9781137028037
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Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. Through compelling analysis of popular culture, high culture and elite designs in the years following the end of the Second World War, this book explores how Britain and its people have come to terms with the loss of prestige stemming from the decline of the British Empire. The result is a volume that offers new ideas on what it is to be 'British'. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137023827
- ISBN
- 9781137023827
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Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Governance, Domestic Change, and Social Policy in China
. Ed(S): Blanchard, Jean-Marc F.; Lin, Kun-Ch...
Hardback. Editor(s): Blanchard, Jean-Marc F.; Lin, Kun-Chin. Num Pages: 214 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations, 7 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; JP; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137022844
- ISBN
- 9781137022844
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Condition: New
€ 67.72
€ 67.72
Hardcover. Through a rigorous critique of the dominant narrative of the Rwandan genocide, Collins provides an alternative argument to the debate situating the killings within a historically-specific context and drawing out a dynamic interplay between national and international actors. Series: Rethinking Political Violence. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJPR; HBTZ; JFM; JPS; JPVH; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137022318
- ISBN
- 9781137022318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. The historical involvement of Jews in the political Left is well known, but far less attention has been paid to the political and ideological factors which attracted Jews to the Left. After the Holocaust and the creation of Israel many lost their faith in universalistic solutions, yet lingering links between Jews and the Left continue to exist. Num Pages: 347 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HRJ; JFSR1; JPFF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 222 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137008299
- ISBN
- 9781137008299
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36
Hardback. The essays in this volume seek to confront some of the charged meeting points of European - especially German - and Jewish history. All, in one way or another, explore the entanglements, the intertwined moments of empathy and enmity, belonging and estrangement, creativity and destructiveness that occurred at these junctions. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBJD; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 557.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137002273
- ISBN
- 9781137002273
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.19
€ 68.19
paperback. This collection of fascinating historical case studies reveals the remarkable inner workings of the modern food provisioning system and the complex web of institutions that move food from the farm to the dinner table. Editor(s): Belasco, Warren; Horowitz, Roger. Series: Hagley Perspectives on Business and Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 26 illus. BIC Classification: HBTK; KNAC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812221343
- ISBN
- 9780812221343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Hardback. This text provides a detailed case study of the origins of millenarianism within the vast opera of one of its earliest and most influential Calvinist exponents: the Herborn encyclopaedist Johann Heinrich Alsted (1588-1638). Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 505.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792367871
- ISBN
- 9780792367871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.26
€ 133.26
Hardback. This work consists of essays dealing with the astronomical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the United States and Europe. It includes essays on Astronomy and Religion, Astronomy and Myth, and Astronomy and Astrology. Editor(s): Selin, Helaine. Series: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science. Num Pages: 688 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; JFC; PDX; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1138.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792363637
- ISBN
- 9780792363637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 430.77
€ 430.77
hardcover. Featuring a group of international scholars from the disciplines of history, philosophy, literature and art history, this work offers a reconsideration of the ideas and the impact of the abbe Henri Gregoire, one of the most important figures of the French Revolution and a contributor to the campaigns for Jewish emancipation, and rights for blacks. Editor(s): Popkin, Jeremy D. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLL; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792362470
- ISBN
- 9780792362470
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Condition: New
€ 132.78
€ 132.78
Hardback. This text introduces the ten-nation region of Southeast Asia, taking into consideration its diversity, differential development, socio-economic and political changes. Physical, political, cultural, economplanological aspects are covered. Editor(s): Dutt, Ashok K. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 675.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792341710
- ISBN
- 9780792341710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.25
€ 203.25
Hardback. Northern Ireland's problems are rooted in physical and historical geography: small resource base, peripheral location, violent conquest, repression and ruthless emargination of the native population by the Protestant settlers. At the time of partition, many areas already had a Catholic majority, and the Catholic population is increasing faster. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; HBJD1; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1170.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792340461
- ISBN
- 9780792340461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.50
€ 132.50
Paperback. This text describes the birth and early development of the International Astronomical Union. Attention is paid to the Union's bridging political controversies and maintaining the ties between astronomers in times of war or heavy political tension. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 563.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792329800
- ISBN
- 9780792329800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 196.53
€ 196.53
Hardback. Features 14 essays by specialists in critical theory, comparative literature, philosophy, and English literature. The book includes an introductory chapter that examines how attention to negation - the inescapable nescience that is posited in any and every linguistic expression - enhances the hermeneutic possibilities present in language. Editor(s): Fischlin, Daniel. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792328339
- ISBN
- 9780792328339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.60
€ 202.60
Reminiscences of the Vienna Circle and the Mathematical Colloquium
Menger, Karl. Ed(S): Golland, Louise (Univers...
Hardback. Karl Menger (1902-1985), a pure mathematician, also took an active interest in both philosophy and economics. In this memoir, he relates how these subjects developed against the Viennese background, and describes his membership of the Vienna Circle and of the Mathematical Colloquium. Editor(s): Golland, Louise (University of Chicago, Illinois, USA); McGuinness, Brian. Series: Vienna Circle Collection. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFA; HBTB; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792327110
- ISBN
- 9780792327110
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Condition: New
€ 134.21
€ 134.21
Hardback. Examines the rise of the German Communist Party in the crucial period between the Kapp Putsch and the stabilization of the Weimar Republic. Based on extensive archival research, this text reconstructs Communist participation in union and protest movements in Rhineland-Westphalia. Series: Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 551 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBG; HBLL; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 551
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792321118
- ISBN
- 9780792321118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 377.94
€ 377.94
Hardback. An analysis of the poetic aspect of Chartism. Series: Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1210.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792321101
- ISBN
- 9780792321101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 254.37
€ 254.37
Hardback. Editor(s): Bienvenu, Richard T.; Feingold, Mordechai. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 615.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792310082
- ISBN
- 9780792310082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.41
€ 202.41
Hardback. Series: Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792302759
- ISBN
- 9780792302759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 257.97
€ 257.97