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Hardback. This study of British shipbuilding in its heyday brings together original discussions of the organization of production, the relationship between leaders and members of the industry's key trade union, and the involvement of that union in wider labour politics. Num Pages: 384 pages, Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 43. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719081033
ISBN
9780719081033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.95

Hardback. Explores a new area of Cromwellian studies that has not been fully explored before and covers a wide range of both domestic and international research. Its wide chronological and geographical range make it attractive to those interested in the history of other periods and countries, as well as to students of early modern Britain. Editor(s): Mills, Jane A. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719080890
ISBN
9780719080890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.52

Hardback. Why did Bismarck's new German State degenerate into Hitler's Third Reich? What happened to Europe's leading industrial nation - cultural heirs to Kant, Goethe, Durer and Bach? How did East and West Germany diverge after 1945? This study explores German social mores, political structures and national psyche over several centuries. Editor(s): Schweitzer, Reicke. Translator(s): Schweitzer, Reicke. Num Pages: 352 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 32. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719080869
ISBN
9780719080869
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.49

Hardback. This book follows Thomas Jones, the first Welsh missionary from rural Wales to Cherrapunji, now one of the most Christianised parts of India. It foregrounds broader political, scientific, racial and military ideologies that mobilised the Khasi Hills into an interconnected network of imperial control. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 maps, Illustrations, black & white|Maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 1FKA; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719080357
ISBN
9780719080357
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.91

hardcover. Through an examination of the rite and practice of consecrating (dedication) churches in eleventh-century Italy, A Sacred City examines how ritual was employed to foster the Gregorian reform and how sacred space shaped identity, generated conflict, and provoked a debate over symbolic meaning and ecclesiology among the reformers. Series Editor(s): Rigby, Steve. Series: Manchester Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HRAX; HRC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780719080265
ISBN
9780719080265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.55

Hardback. This book examines the activities of William Blundell, a seventeenth-century Catholic gentleman, and using the approaches of the history of reading provides a detailed analysis of his mindset. The findings of the study challenge a historical determinism which removes Catholics from the mainstream of early-modern society. Series Editor(s): Lake, Peter; Milton, Anthony; Peacey, Jason; Gajda, Alexandra. Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719080241
ISBN
9780719080241
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.08

Hardback. Later medieval Europe saw a great deal of change and expansion of different kinds. This geographically broad textbook explores these events in a series of chapters on the different countries, covering the Holy Roman Empire, East-Central Europe, Scandinavia and Russia. It looks not only at political history but also at economy, society and culture. Series Editor(s): Rigby, Steve. Series: Manchester Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 37. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719080203
ISBN
9780719080203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.61

hardcover. A study of the republican Henry Neville in his many facets as country gentleman, politician, political thinker, rebel and libeller. It traces the development of Neville's political thought from the English Civil Wars to the Exclusion Crisis. It is suitable for students and academics of Early Modern studies. Series Editor(s): Lake, Peter; Milton, Anthony; Peacey, Jason; Gajda, Alexandra. Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780719079467
ISBN
9780719079467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.23

Hardback. The English republican tradition and eighteenth-century France offers the first full account of the role played by English republican ideas in eighteenth-century French moral and political thought Series Editor(s): Bergin, Joseph; Roberts, Penny; Naphy, Bill. Series: Studies in Early Modern European History. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 238 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719079320
ISBN
9780719079320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.85

Hardback. Paints a picture of the study of music in eleventh- and early twelfth-century Germany. This book focuses on the activity of a group of prominent intellectuals based in the monastic and cathedral schools of the German Kingdom, charting their sources and shared concerns, while examining their reception and modification of each others' ideas. Series Editor(s): Rigby, Steve. Series: Manchester Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3H; AV; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719078897
ISBN
9780719078897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.55

Hardback. This book explores responses to poverty in eighteenth-century England, with an eye to some of the odder manifestations of charity and poor relief. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719078835
ISBN
9780719078835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.06

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

€ 149.98

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

€ 139.14

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

€ 149.65

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

€ 149.60

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

€ 149.48

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

€ 138.43

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

€ 138.81

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

€ 138.08

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

€ 138.86

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

€ 148.83

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

€ 149.63

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

€ 150.51

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

€ 149.35

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