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From Tammany Hall to the election of David Dinkins, this work offers insights into the effect of ethnic competition on the demise of urban political machines. It traces the effect of the arrival of large numbers of Jewish and Italian immigrants - and later black and Puerto Rican migrants - on the Irish-dominated political machine. Series: The Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 403 pages, 35 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 403
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231076364
- ISBN
- 9780231076364
Condition: New
€ 142.36
€ 142.36
This four-volume collective project by a team of leading scholars offers a vivid portrait of Jewish history in German-speaking countries over nearly four centuries. This series is sponsored by the Leo Baeck Institute, established in 1955 in Jerusalem, London, and New York for the purpose of advancing scholarship on the Jews in German-speaking lands. Editor(s): Brenner, Michael; Meyer, Michael Andrew; Mendes-Flohr, Paul; Lowenstein, Steven M. Series: German-Jewish history in modern times. Num Pages: 466 pages, With a new Preface. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 466
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231074780
- ISBN
- 9780231074780
Condition: New
€ 124.67
€ 124.67
This four-volume collective project by a team of leading scholars offers a vivid portrait of Jewish history in German-speaking countries over nearly four centuries. This series is sponsored by the Leo Baeck Institute, established in 1955 in Jerusalem, London, and New York for the purpose of advancing scholarship on the Jews in German-speaking lands. Editor(s): Meyer, Michael Andrew; Brenner, Michael. Num Pages: 422 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231074742
- ISBN
- 9780231074742
Condition: New
€ 124.22
€ 124.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 1QFM; HBG; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231067232
- ISBN
- 9780231067232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.86
€ 50.86
Offers an inside look at the 1982 Israeli occupation of Beirut, describes P.L.O. activities prior to their evacuation, and discusses the behind-the-scenes politics of the situation. Num Pages: 241 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231061865
- ISBN
- 9780231061865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 134.36
€ 134.36
Hardcover. This work explores the wide-ranging educational activism of conservative Protestant fundamentalists in the 1920s. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HBTB; HRLP; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623729
- ISBN
- 9780230623729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. This book demonstrates how oral history can provide a valuable way of understanding locality, which is important in light of major issues facing the world today, including global environmental concerns. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623699
- ISBN
- 9780230623699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.33
€ 67.33
Hardcover. This book mediates a dialectics between power and subjectivity versus history and politics. The author contends that postcolonial African studies that thrive by way of unanimity, analogy, or homogenenity are merely advancing a 'defeatist' historicism. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374. 240 pages. This book mediates a dialectics between power and subjectivity versus history and politics. The author contends that postcolonial African studies that thrive by way of unanimity, analogy, or homogenenity are merely advancing a 'defeatist' historicism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBJH; JPH. Dimension: 214 x 148 x 18. Weight: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623576
- ISBN
- 9780230623576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Vatican, and the Roman Catholic Church in A...
. Ed(S): Woolner, David B.; Kurial, Richard G...
Paperback. A distinguished array of scholars dissect the complex relationship between the White House, the Catholic Church in America, and the Vatican during the Roosevelt presidency. Editor(s): Woolner, David B.; Kurial, Richard G. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623514
- ISBN
- 9780230623514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. A reassessment of long-held paradigms about modern southern culture and politics and the relation of the South to political and cultural life of the United States. Editor(s): Smethurst, James; Rubin, Rachel; Green, Chris. Num Pages: 282 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623477
- ISBN
- 9780230623477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Hardcover. This book traces the Eisenhower administration's enthusiastic pursuit of the profoundly destabilizing technology of nuclear weapons, and its significance for the course of the Cold War. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3J; HBJK; HBLW3; HBW; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623408
- ISBN
- 9780230623408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.21
€ 67.21
Hardcover. This book presents data on Ugandan khat within the context of international debates on the drug, and the proposed ban in 2009. By telling of the story of khat, the book will serve as a vehicle for the analysis of social change, development priorities and shifting ethnic identities in Uganda over the last 80 years. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBLW; JFFH1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623101
- ISBN
- 9780230623101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Paperback. For the first time since the 1980s, Lebanon is now constantly on the front page of the world's media. This book seeks to explain the contemporary situation in Lebanon and how it affects the region and the world. Editor(s): Rubin, Barry. Series: The Middle East in Focus. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; JPS; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406. Liberation, Conflict, and Crisis. Series: The Middle East in Focus. 256 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Rubin, Barry. For the first time since the 1980s, Lebanon is now constantly on the front page of the world's media. This book seeks to explain the contemporary situation in Lebanon and how it affects the region and the world. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; JPS; JPWS. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 19. Weight: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623064
- ISBN
- 9780230623064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. This book transforms our contemporary understanding of the recent political history of Central Africa. It charts the complex life and thought of Harry Nkumbula (ca. 1917-1983), the first openly nationalist African politician in Northern Rhodesia and, later, the leader of parliamentary opposition during Zambia's multi-party First Republic. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; BGH; HBJH; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230622746
- ISBN
- 9780230622746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Drawing on a close reading of nearly forty years' worth of personal letters and her will, and incorporating new archival material, Margaret Paston emerges from this study as the best example we have of how lay piety was negotiated and integrated into daily medieval life. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 238 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBTB; HRCV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230622074
- ISBN
- 9780230622074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. Rubenfeld and the contributors to this collection posit that German physicians betrayed the Hippocratic Oath when they chose knowledge over wisdom, the state over the individual, a fuhrer over God, and personal gain over professional ethics. Num Pages: 233 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621923
- ISBN
- 9780230621923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.67
€ 116.67
Hardcover. This book examines the relationship between antislavery texts and emerging representations of 'free labour' in mid-nineteenth-century America. Num Pages: 158 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621480
- ISBN
- 9780230621480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.28
€ 66.28
Paperback. European settler societies have a long history of establishing a sense of belonging and entitlement outside Europe, but Zimbabwe has proven to be the exception to the rule. Arriving in the 1890s, white settlers never comprised more than a tiny minority. Instead of grafting themselves onto local societies, they adopted a strategy of escape. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; HBJH; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621435
- ISBN
- 9780230621435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.92
€ 65.92
Hardcover. US Constitution states that the President is subject to removal from office upon impeachment and conviction of treason, bribery and 'other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.' In this book, Brown examines history behind this clause as well as the impeachments of Presidents Johnson, Nixon and Clinton. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHC; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621350
- ISBN
- 9780230621350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Paperback. Sharon L. Jansen reads the past in new ways by constructing a counter-narrative, focusing on the stories of women. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621190
- ISBN
- 9780230621190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.51
€ 138.51