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Hardcover. British foreign policy towards Vietnam illustrates the evolution of Britain's position within world geopolitics, 1943-1950. It reflects the change of the Anglo-US relationship from equality to dependence, and demonstrates Britain's changing association with its colonies and with the other European imperial spheres within southeast Asia. Series: Global Conflict Since 1945. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230507050
- ISBN
- 9780230507050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.43
€ 62.43
Paperback. The idea of an Aryan race became an important feature of imperial culture in the nineteenth century, feeding into debates in Britain, Ireland, India, and the Pacific. This work traces the emergence and dissemination of Aryanism within the British Empire. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJD1; HBJF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230507036
- ISBN
- 9780230507036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.51
€ 118.51
Paperback. In a broad sweep from Central Europe to Ireland and from the Sixteenth to the early Nineteenth-century, this work puts the Jewish community and its rabbinic and 'lay' leaders at the centre of Jewish history. Of surpassing value is Kochan's treatment of the community not only as a religious but also as a political unit. Num Pages: 400 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230507012
- ISBN
- 9780230507012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.84
€ 62.84
Hardcover. This book is the first comprehensive study of French medicine in nineteenth-century Algeria. It argues that the medicalization was a priority for colonial regimes, but this goal was thwarted by ineffectual French medicine, institutional rivalries, and the manner in which medicine became a focus for the resistance of French domination and rule. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HBA; 3JH; HBTB; HBTQ; MBP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230500433
- ISBN
- 9780230500433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.64
€ 62.64
Disputed Territories and Shared Pasts: Overlapping National Histories ...
Frank, Tibor, Hadler, Frank
Hardcover. A collection of essays on European historiography, focussing on the overlapping national histories in Europe presenting many of the contested areas through conflicting historiographies. Sponsored by the European Science Foundation, this unique volume is part of Writing the Nation, a major international project. Series: Writing the Nation. Num Pages: 444 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBAH; HBJD; HBTP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 446
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230500082
- ISBN
- 9780230500082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.08
€ 121.08
Hardcover. This study examines the post-medieval reception of Vienna's women's monastic institutions. Through analysis of the physical and historical place such women's institutions held in an important urban and political center, this book provides a new picture of the ways in which the medieval shapes later understandings of women's role and agency. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HRLP7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230393578
- ISBN
- 9780230393578
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Hardcover. An examination of fifteenth-century British queens through literature and history. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3J; HBAH; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230392984
- ISBN
- 9780230392984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.70
€ 62.70
Hardcover. This project examines the development of forced labor in colonial Kenya from 1912 to 1930 and the parallel normalization of communal forced labor during this time period. Num Pages: 186 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB; HBTQ; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230392953
- ISBN
- 9780230392953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.06
€ 62.06
Hardcover. Moving away from orthodox narratives of the Raj and British presence in India, this book examines the significance of the networks and connections that South Asians established on British soil. Looking at the period 1858-1950, it presents readings of cultural history and points to the urgent need to open up the parameters of this field of study. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230392717
- ISBN
- 9780230392717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. This book asks how, in a time of crisis, medieval citizens developed an independent sense of ethics. Witness testimonies from Marseille's court records offer a small window into the neighborhoods of Marseille and reveal how humble people, often women, used the role of witness to become the arbiters of their communities. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBTB; JF; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230391994
- ISBN
- 9780230391994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.48
€ 62.48
Hardcover. This fascinating study delves into the lives of six Tudor women celebrated for their reputed wickedness. Collected here are accounts of Anne Boleyn, Katherine Howard, Anne Seymour, Lettice Dudley, and Jane and Alice More. Warnicke rescues these women from historical misrepresentations and helps us to rediscover the complex world of Tudor society. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 282 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 557.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230391925
- ISBN
- 9780230391925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.18
€ 63.18
Hardcover. Market Power explores society and economy in medieval Iberia, examining the intersection of regional commercial interests, lordship, and royal authority as part of the evolution of a small village into a rural market town. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 259 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBLC1; KCCD; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230391703
- ISBN
- 9780230391703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.56
€ 62.56
Heimat, Region, and Empire: Spatial Identities under National Socialis...
Szejnmann, Claus-Christian W., Umbach, Maiken
Hardcover. This collection brings together international scholars pursuing cutting-edge research on spatial identities under National Socialism. They demonstrate that the spatial identities of the Third Reich can be approached as a history of interrelated dimensions; Heimat, region and Empire were constantly reconstructed through this interrelationship. Series: The Holocaust and its Contexts. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230391093
- ISBN
- 9780230391093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.84
€ 62.84
Czechs, Slovaks and the Jews, 1938-48: Beyond Idealisation and Condemn...
Lánícek, Jan, Lã¡Niä?Ek, Jan
Hardcover. Covering the period between the Munich Agreement and the Communist Coup in February 1948, this groundbreaking work offers a novel, provocative analysis of the political activities and plans of the Czechoslovak exiles during and after the war years, and of the implementation of the plans in liberated Czechoslovakia after 1945. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230368743
- ISBN
- 9780230368743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Hardcover. Analyzing action at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, this first ethnography of the site offers a fresh approach to studying the memorial and memory work as potential civic engagement of visitors with themselves and others rather than with history itself. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBWQ; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363304
- ISBN
- 9780230363304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
WarTalk: Foreign Languages and the British War Effort in Europe, 1940-...
Footitt, Hilary, Tobia, Simona
Hardcover. Offering a new perspective on the British experience of the Second World War in Europe, this book provides a series of snapshots of the role which languages played in the key processes of British war-making, moving from frameworks of perception and intelligence gathering, through to liberation/occupation, and on to the aftermath of conflict. Series: Palgrave Studies in Languages at War. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DBK; 3JJH; CFB; CFP; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230362888
- ISBN
- 9780230362888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Hardcover. This new study of Napoleon emphasizes his ties to the French Revolution, his embodiment of its militancy, and his rescue of its legacies. Jordan's work illuminates all aspects of his fabulous career, his views of the Revolution and history, the artists who created and embellished his image, and much of his talk about himself and his achievements. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2; HBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230362819
- ISBN
- 9780230362819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.97
€ 119.97
Paperback. This book, now with a new preface, offers a new history of the fairy tale, revealing the creative role of periodical publication in shaping this genre. Sumpter explores the fairy tale's reinvention for (and by) diverse readerships in unexpected contexts, including debates over evolution, colonialism, socialism, gender and sexuality and decadence. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; HBTB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230361492
- ISBN
- 9780230361492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.92
€ 61.92
Paperback. An examination of the fraught dynamics of identity politics in and between Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State/ Republic of Ireland from 1921 to the present. This book provides a new understanding of the 'Troubles' and the peace process. Commemorations and the influence of history receive special attention, as does the European context. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBR; 3JJ; GTJ; HBJD1; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230361478
- ISBN
- 9780230361478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.34
€ 62.34
Hardcover. This is the first in-depth historical study of Byzantine Cappadocia. The authors draw on extensive textual and archaeological materials to examine the nature and place of Cappadocia in the Byzantine Empire from the fourth through eleventh centuries. Num Pages: 353 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJD; HBJF; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230361065
- ISBN
- 9780230361065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.18
€ 130.18