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History
Hardback. This book charts the growth of the university settlement movement, a fundamental influence in the shaping of the welfare state, from 1918 to Margaret Thatcher's election in 1979. It looks at the complex relationships between charities, the welfare state and individuals and the ways in which change was negotiated over the twentieth century. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JKSN1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078750
- ISBN
- 9780719078750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.00
€ 147.00
Hardback. This book examines Bulmer Hobson (1883-1969) nationalist career in the period 1900-16, as well as his lesser-known activities in the years after the rebellion. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; JPFN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078682
- ISBN
- 9780719078682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.52
€ 136.52
Hardback. This book examines the experiences of the millions of service dependents created by total war, particularly those of men taken captive in both Europe and the Far East. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables|Maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078545
- ISBN
- 9780719078545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.88
€ 146.88
Hardback. This book deals with the communication of power of the viceregal court of Spanish Naples in the seventeenth-century, showing how various forms of media affect politics, culture, and society Series Editor(s): Bergin, Joseph; Roberts, Penny; Naphy, Bill. Series: Studies in Early Modern European History. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078224
- ISBN
- 9780719078224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.90
€ 146.90
Hardback. Neil Armstrong offers the first study to examine both the experience and representation of Christmas during the formative period of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Series Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 5HC; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719077593
- ISBN
- 9780719077593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.57
€ 146.57
Hardback. This is the first book-length study to chart how the dramatic events of 30 generations ago have been understood, shaped and manipulated by writers in successive periods since and to show how modern images of the crusades are as much a product of our own and intervening times as of the bloody wars of the cross themselves. Series Editor(s): Richardson, Roger. Series: Issues in Historiography. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBWC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719073205
- ISBN
- 9780719073205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.81
€ 135.81
Hardback. This is the first English translation of two chronicles of long-acknowledged importance to European history in the period c.850-c.950. This period, which is widely taught in European and North American universities, saw the collapse of the Carolingian Empire and the rise in Germany of the 'First Reich' under the Ottonian dynasty. Translator(s): MacLean, Simon. Series Editor(s): Horrox, Rosemary; MacLean, Simon. Series: Manchester Medieval Sources. Num Pages: 328 pages, Line drawings, unspecified|Maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719071348
- ISBN
- 9780719071348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.09
€ 136.09
Hardback. This book tells the forgotten story of four to five thousand British civilians who were interned at the Ruhleben camp near Berlin during the First World War. Together they formed a unique community in the heart of enemy territory, based on a diverse and extremely rich culture of enduring significance. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWXR. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719070846
- ISBN
- 9780719070846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.48
€ 135.48
Hardback. Thie books investigates controversies surrounding prostitution, homosexuality and the age of consent in the British Empire, and draws conclusions about the importance of sex as a nexus of imperial power relations. It will be of particular interest to academics and students in Geography, History, Postcolonial Criticism and Gender/Sexuality Studies. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSJ; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719070068
- ISBN
- 9780719070068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.32
€ 136.32
Hardback. This study of caregiving during WW I looks anew at life behind the lines for ordinary British soldiers who served on the Western front. Using a variety of literary, artistic, and architectural evidence, Dr Reznick shows that Britain's 'generation of 1914' was a group bound as much by comradeship of healing as by comradeship of the trenches. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Summerfield, Penny; Gatrell, Peter; Jones, Max; Carden-Coyne, Ana. Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719069741
- ISBN
- 9780719069741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.93
€ 145.93
Hardback. The book is the first comprehensive survey charting the development of cinema exhibition and cinema-going in Britain from the first public film screening - the Lumiere Brothers' showing of their Cinematographe show at London's Regent Street Polytechnic in February 1896 - through to the development of the multiplex and megaplex cinema. Series Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; APF; HBT. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719069444
- ISBN
- 9780719069444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.80
€ 146.80
Hardback. This book examines the cultural impact of colonialism on both colonizer and colonized via analysis of the domestic interiors and public spaces of empire within the Indian Subcontinent, contrasting representations of such spaces within contemporary discourse with analysis of the evidence of actual interiors and the social practices there engendered. Series Editor(s): Breward, Christopher; Sherman, Bill. Series: Studies in Design and Material Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1FK; AMR; HBTB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719069420
- ISBN
- 9780719069420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.66
€ 147.66
Hardback. Explores some of the ways in which conscientious objectors to compulsory military service were viewed and treated in England during the First World War. This book considers these men's experiences, their beliefs, perceptions and actions. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBLW; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719069222
- ISBN
- 9780719069222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.51
€ 146.51
Hardback. List of tables and figures; List of Illustrations; Glossary; Note on Shetland dialect; Map; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Pasts, peoples, selves; 2. Stories; 3. Place; 4. Work; 5. Culture; 6. Sexualities; 7. Power; 8. Reflections; Bibliography; Index Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 figures, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKSHJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719065927
- ISBN
- 9780719065927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.57
€ 146.57
Hardback. This in-depth study of the important but neglected writer Anthony Munday fills a long-standing gap in our knowledge and understanding of London and its culture in the early modern period. It will be of interest to historians, literary scholars and cultural geographers. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719063824
- ISBN
- 9780719063824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.29
€ 146.29
Hardback. Offering a new contribution to debates about the British home front in WWII, this book addresses the way the Home Guard has been remembered in popular culture through examination of key films, as well as TV's Dad's Army. The authors also explore the personal memories of individuals who served in the Home Guard. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Gatrell, Peter; Jones, Max; Carden-Coyne, Ana. Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719062018
- ISBN
- 9780719062018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.07
€ 136.07
Hardback. This book is the first full-length modern study of the Diggers, who were among the most remarkable of the radical groups to emerge during the English Revolution of 1640-60. The book also provides a reassessment of the Digger leader Gerrard Winstanley, a figure who has attracted great interest in recent years. Series Editor(s): Lake, Peter; Milton, Anthony; Peacey, Jason; Gajda, Alexandra. Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719061028
- ISBN
- 9780719061028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.13
€ 147.13
Hardback. Series Editor(s): Rigby, Steve. Series: Manchester Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 maps, Tables, black & white|Maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC1; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 31. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719050398
- ISBN
- 9780719050398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.00
€ 147.00
Hardback. Series Editor(s): Lake, Peter; Milton, Anthony; Peacey, Jason; Gajda, Alexandra. Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 36. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719048968
- ISBN
- 9780719048968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.76
€ 143.76
Hardback. This book describes the development of local history in England from its origins in the Middle Ages to its practise in the early twenty-first century. It looks also at how local history is related to archaeology, landscape, and family history. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719029509
- ISBN
- 9780719029509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.56
€ 135.56