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Paperback. Herbert Spencer remains a significant but poorly understood figure in19th century intellectual life. His ideas on evolution ranged across the natural sciences and philosophy, and he pioneered new ideas in psychology and sociology. This bookcomprehensively examines hiswork and strips away common misconceptions about his sociology." Num Pages: 375 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPS; JHBA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 561.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349301515
- ISBN
- 9781349301515
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Condition: New
€ 67.72
€ 67.72
Paperback. The first expansive study of how when the Popish Plot of 1678 came to light, fears of an Irish Catholic rebellion amongst Ireland's uneasy Protestant elite, who dominated overthe Catholic majority population, were manipulated in Englandin an attempt to block the Catholic Duke of York from succeeding to the throne." Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HRAM; HRAX; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349301461
- ISBN
- 9781349301461
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Condition: New
€ 126.92
€ 126.92
Paperback. These essays trace the femme fatale across literature, visual culture and cinema, exploring the ways in which fatal femininity has been imagined in different cultural contexts and historical epochs, and moving from mythical women such as Eve, Medusa and the Sirens via historical figures such as Mata Hari to fatal women in contemporary cinema. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AF; AP; HBTB; JFC; JFD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349301447
- ISBN
- 9781349301447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Paperback. "The history of translation has focused on literary work but this book demonstrates the way in which political control can influence and be influenced by translation choices. In this book, new research and specially commissioned essays give access to existing research projects which at present are either scattered or unavailable in English"-- Editor(s): Rundle, C; Sturge, K. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFP; HBJD; JFD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 379.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349301386
- ISBN
- 9781349301386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
paperback. Accounting for Affection examines the multifaceted nature of early modern motherhood by focusing on the ideas and strategies of Roman aristocratic mothers during familial conflict. Illuminating new approaches to the maternal and the familial employed by such women, it demonstrates how interventions gained increasing favor in early modern Rome. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349301140
- ISBN
- 9781349301140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.91
€ 116.91
Paperback. Examines Franco's relations with Hitler and Mussolini during the Second World War, this book makes use of two major sources: the German Admiralty's archives, stunning in their evidence of Franco's support; and the Spanish press, operatingunder a totalitarian regime and yearning for an Axis victory to the bitter end." Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBWQ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349300891
- ISBN
- 9781349300891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.30
€ 66.30
Paperback. The first comparative study of how the French Popular Front and its right-wing opponents transformed the masses into the people, whether in demonstrations and festivals, or theatre and film. Seven chapters examine the representation of the crowd, workers, electorate, nation and symbolic community, exploring parallels between left and right. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349300853
- ISBN
- 9781349300853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Paperback. This bookinvestigates how the Children of Paul's (1599-1606) and the Children of the Queen's Revels (1600-13) defined their players as children and, via an analysis of their plays and theatrical practices, it examines early modern theatre as a site in which children have the opportunity to articulate their emerging selfhoods." Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; HBJD; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349300693
- ISBN
- 9781349300693
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Condition: New
€ 65.98
€ 65.98
Paperback. In itsanalysis of Anglo-Jewish women writing the Holocaust, this book highlights the necessity of their inclusion in the evolving canon of modern British literature, byshowing how thesewriters complicate theories of trauma and memory by using fantasy and the Gothic as a response to silence." Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; HBWQ; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349300655
- ISBN
- 9781349300655
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Condition: New
€ 65.98
€ 65.98
Paperback. The first detailed and systematicstudy of the social science of poverty aspracticed by the Victorian experts who had so much influence on relief policy in this area, and who were among the founders of British social science. The book examines what they knew, or what they thought they knew, about the poor." Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349300099
- ISBN
- 9781349300099
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Condition: New
€ 66.30
€ 66.30
Paperback. Based on interview material with a wide range of Protestant clergy in Northern Ireland, this book examines how Protestant identity impacts on the possibility of peace and stability and argues for greater involvement by the Protestant churches in the transition from conflict to a 'post-conflict' Northern Ireland. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HRCC9; JHB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349299805
- ISBN
- 9781349299805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Paperback. An investigation of recent developments and trends within the Yugoslav successor states since the signing of the Dayton Agreements in Autumn 1995. This book offers a distinctive and desirable perspective on the seven successor states, their cultures, politics and identities by providing an internal perspective on the region and its developments. Editor(s): Hudson, Robert; Bowman, Glenn. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349299423
- ISBN
- 9781349299423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Paperback. Series: Middle East Today. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 289.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349299119
- ISBN
- 9781349299119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Exploring the 'promise' and 'peril' associated with the opening two years of the presidency of Barack Obama, this book is a comparative look at the various aspects of his presidential strategy including the impact of his legislative agenda, his use of executive power, and the burgeoning disillusionment within the African American community. Editor(s): Davis, J. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPA; JPS; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349299041
- ISBN
- 9781349299041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book studies the reception history of Western literature in China from the 1840s to the present. Qi explores the socio-historical contexts and the contours of how Western literature was introduced, mostly through translation and assesses its transformative impact in the cultural, literary as well as sociopolitical life of modern China. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFP; DSBF; DSBH; DSBH5; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349299003
- ISBN
- 9781349299003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Paperback. This collection of essays offers fresh analysis of topics in the exciting area of Atlantic World studies. Challenging standard assumptions, the essays advance the argument that the Atlantic Ocean was a region that encompassed ethnic and political boundaries, in which a sub-community shaped by culture and commerce arose. Editor(s): Hudson, B. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBJD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349298921
- ISBN
- 9781349298921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Pursues the hypothesis that fictional literature has been instrumental in the development and dissemination of European anti-Americanism from the early 1800s to today. Focusing on Britain, France and Germany, it offers analyses of a range of canonical literary works in which resentful hostility towards the United States is a predominant feature. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HBJD; JFC; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349298907
- ISBN
- 9781349298907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. Num Pages: 307 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349298860
- ISBN
- 9781349298860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 160.97
€ 160.97
Paperback. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349298846
- ISBN
- 9781349298846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; HBJK; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349298808
- ISBN
- 9781349298808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73