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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
Paperback. This groundbreaking book combines literary interpretation, gender analysis, and cultural, political, and diplomatic history to examine how Elizabeth I used the discourse of love to establish her political power, assert her right to marry or not, and rule the country herself either way. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 225 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621060
- ISBN
- 9780230621060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.28
€ 66.28
Hardcover. A fresh biography of Mary Tudor which challenges conventional views of her as a weeping hysteric and love-struck romantic, providing instead the portrait of a queen who drew on two sources of authority to increase the power of her position: epistolary conventions and the rhetoric of chivalry that imbued the French and English courts. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 279 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3H; BGR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620308
- ISBN
- 9780230620308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.60
€ 67.60
Hardcover. As the first book-length examination of the role of German print culture in mediating Europe's knowledge of the newly discovered people of Africa, South Asia, and the Americas, this work highlights a unique and early incident of visual accuracy and an unprecedented investment in the practice of ethnography. Series: History of Text Technologies. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1H; 1K; 3JB; AFH; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 536. New Worlds in Print Culture. Series: History of Text Technologies. 296 pages, Illustrations. As the first book-length examination of the role of German print culture in mediating Europe's knowledge of the newly discovered people of Africa, South Asia, and the Americas, this work highlights a unique and early incident of visual accuracy and an unprecedented investment in the practice of ethnography. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1H; 1K; 3JB; AFH; HBTP. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 19. Weight: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620292
- ISBN
- 9780230620292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.75
€ 67.75
Hardcover. This book examines conservative intellectuals' response to Richard Nixon the politician, the president, and the policymaker. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; JPFM; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619944
- ISBN
- 9780230619944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619791
- ISBN
- 9780230619791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 43.59
€ 48.99
€ 43.59
Hardcover. Constructing Mexico City: Colonial Conflicts over Culture, Space, and Authority examines the spatial, material, and cultural dimensions of life in eighteenth-century Mexico City, through programs that colonial leaders created to renovate and reshape urban environments. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTB; JFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619579
- ISBN
- 9780230619579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.70€ 46.85
€ 52.70
€ 46.85
Paperback. The contributors to this volume take a hard look at Roosevelt's reaction to the Holocaust. Editor(s): Newton, Verne W. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619487
- ISBN
- 9780230619487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.22
€ 127.22
Hardcover. This study of various female deities of Graeco-Roman antiquity is the first to provide evidence that primary goddesses were conceived of as virgin mothers in the earliest layers of their cults. By taking feminist analysis of divinities further, this book provides a fresh angle on our understanding of these deities. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422. 280 pages. This study of various female deities of Graeco-Roman antiquity is the first to provide evidence that primary goddesses were conceived of as virgin mothers in the earliest layers of their cults. By taking feminist analysis of divinities further, this book provides a fresh angle on our understanding of these deities. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB; HRKP. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 20. Weight: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618862
- ISBN
- 9780230618862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.07
€ 128.07
Hardcover. Despite attempts to suppress early women's speech, this study demonstrates that women were still actively engaged in cultural practices and speech strategies that were both complicit with the patriarchal ideology whilst also undermining it. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618763
- ISBN
- 9780230618763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. This book sets out to narrate the contributions to and influence on the history of Chile that British visitors and immigrants have had, not as bystanders but as key players, starting in 1554 with the English Queen 'Bloody Mary' becoming Queen of Chile, and ending with the decline of British influence following the Second World War. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; HBJK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618497
- ISBN
- 9780230618497
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.70€ 47.41
€ 52.70
€ 47.41
Hardcover. This book argues that contemporary Italian history has been marked by a tendency towards divided memory. Events have been interpreted in contrasting ways, and the facts themselves often contested. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618473
- ISBN
- 9780230618473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03