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Hardcover. According to conventional wisdom, by the late 1800s, the image of Bible as a supernatural and infallible text crumbled in the eyes of intellectuals under the assaults of secularizing forces. This book corrects the narrative by arguing that in America, the road to skepticism had already been paved by the Scriptures' most able and ardent defenders. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137299659
- ISBN
- 9781137299659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.56
€ 108.56
Hardcover. Providing a unique critical perspective to debates on slavery, this book brings the literature on transatlantic slavery into dialogue with research on informal sector labour, child labour, migration, debt, prisoners, and sex work in the contemporary world in order to challenge popular and policy discourse on modern slavery. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS; JFFE; JFM; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137297273
- ISBN
- 9781137297273
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.10
€ 119.10
Hardcover. This study reveals the more complex reality of Early Modern Naples than what has commonly been represented, in which royal representatives in the city came to depend on the assistance of a series of merchants, financiers, and bureaucrats who shared a common identity as conversos, descendants of converted Jews. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DST; 1QSM; 3J; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137295149
- ISBN
- 9781137295149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.85
€ 118.85
Hardcover. Based on analysis of archival and published sources, Opponents of the Annales School examines for the first time those who have dared to criticise and ignore one of the most successful currents of thought in modern historiography. It offers an original contribution to the understanding of an unavoidable chapter in modern intellectual history. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 221 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137294975
- ISBN
- 9781137294975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.95
€ 62.95
Hardcover. Assuming power in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party was soon faced with a crucial problem: how to construct the socialist 'New Man'? Using Foucault's theory of 'technologies of the self', Lynteris examines the conflict between self-cultivation and the abolition of the self in the biopolitically neuralgic field of 'socialist medicine'. Num Pages: 136 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137293824
- ISBN
- 9781137293824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.75
€ 61.75
Hardcover. An examination of the fall of the Iron Curtain and its significance from the perspective of Greece. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 284 pages, 2 maps, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137292438
- ISBN
- 9781137292438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.10
€ 63.10
Hardcover. Italy faced a number of catastrophes in the long sixteenth century. This economic and demographic history follows the consequences of these catastrophes - the action of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse - War, Famine and Plague, all followed by Death. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137289766
- ISBN
- 9781137289766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.70
€ 129.70
Hardcover. This book deconstructs the neopatrimonial paradigm that has dominated analysis of Nigerian and African development. It shows that by denying agency to Nigerian societies and devaluing indigenous culture and local realities, Eurocentric diffusionism played a significant role in the failure of development planning. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HBJH; HBLW3; JPRB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137286642
- ISBN
- 9781137286642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.23
€ 63.23
Hardcover. This book demonstrates the international dimension of eugenic racial policy and of scientific racism over the course of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB; HBTZ; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137286116
- ISBN
- 9781137286116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.23
€ 63.23
Hardcover. This beautifully written history traces the fortunes of Charles Darwin and his contemporaries in Chile. It explains how they showed Chileans a new way to see their own natural environment, teaching a younger generation of scientists there and forging international networks that helped to shape the modern world. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 309 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JH; HBTB; PDX; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137286055
- ISBN
- 9781137286055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Hardcover. This groundbreaking study offers a rare window into the history of slavery in the Sudan, with particular attention to the relationships between slaves and masters. Thoroughly documented, it provides valuable context to current issues of global concern and combats persistent myths about African slavery. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBJH; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137286024
- ISBN
- 9781137286024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.00
€ 129.00
Paperback. Rabies was a constant threat in Victorian Britain and gripped popular imagination, not least because its human form, hydrophobia, produced a vile death with the mind and body out of control. This book explores the changing understanding of rabies amongst veterinarians, animal welfare campaigners, state officials, politicians and the public. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137285898
- ISBN
- 9781137285898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
Hardcover. This book examines the partnerships between Britain's famed redcoats and the foreign corps that were a consistent and valuable part of Britain's military endeavors in the eighteenth century. While most histories have portrayed these associations as fraught with discord, a study of eyewitness accounts tells a different story. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; HBLL; HBW; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137284006
- ISBN
- 9781137284006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Hardcover. The papers presented in this collection offer a wide range of cases, from Asia, Africa and the Americas, and broadly cover the last two centuries, in which commodities have led to the consolidation of a globalised economy and society - forging this out of distinctive local experiences of cultivation and production, and regional circuits of trade. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1K; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBJH; HBJK; HBTQ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137283597
- ISBN
- 9781137283597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
Paperback. The rich and fascinating oral narrative of an African American WWII fighter pilot, radio personality, and co-founder of Harlem's American Negro Theater. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 1KLCM; 3JJH; HBJK; HBTD; JFSL3; JWG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281968
- ISBN
- 9781137281968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.90
€ 61.90
Paperback. This book provides a more accurate and comprehensive account of Jung's controversial opinions about art, politics, and race. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBTB; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281944
- ISBN
- 9781137281944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.98
€ 61.98
Hardcover. This powerful study offers a vivid and often disturbing account of the Italian army's occupation of Slovenia during World War II. It moves from the decision of the Italians to annex Slovenia in 1941, through local resistance and brutal reaction against civilians, to the army's ultimate collapse following Italy's defection from the Axis. Translator(s): Burke, Elizabeth; Majanlahti, Anthony. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYV; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281197
- ISBN
- 9781137281197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137280824
- ISBN
- 9781137280824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.74
€ 62.74
Paperback. This book collects original research essays to explore the diverse uses of photographs and photography in oral history, from the use of photos as memory triggers to their deployment in the telling of life stories. The book's contributors include both oral historians and photography scholars and critics. Editor(s): Freund, Alexander; Thomson, Alistair. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 270 pages, 61 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137280626
- ISBN
- 9781137280626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.50
€ 36.50
Paperback. Drawing on theories of sublimity, trauma, and ecocriticism, this book examines how the often sharp division between European American and African American experiences of the natural world developed in American culture and history, and how those natural experiences, in turn, shaped the construction of race. Series: Signs of Race. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137280527
- ISBN
- 9781137280527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.85
€ 128.85