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paperback. This study offers a broad range of approaches to medieval society's understanding of mothering and the uses to which the practice and imagery of mothering could be assumed by females and males alike. Editor(s): Parsons, John Carni; Wheeler, Bonnie. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 402 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBLC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815336655
- ISBN
- 9780815336655
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Condition: New
€ 60.23
€ 60.23
Paperback. An examination of the relationship between imperial collapse, the emergence of successor nationalism, the exclusion of ethnic groups and the refugee experience. Written by both established authorities and younger scholars, this book offers a unique international comparative approach to the study of refugees at the end of empire Editor(s): Panayi, Panikos; Virdee, Pippa. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HBTQ; JMM; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 493.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349309740
- ISBN
- 9781349309740
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Condition: New
€ 161.25
€ 161.25
Paperback. This volume provides original source material on the history of Cyprus in English translation from the German texts. This therefore enables those with a serious interest in the history of Cyprus to access the German texts through the translations. Editor(s): Orphanides, Andreas G.; Pohlsander, Hans A.; Wallace, Paul W. Series: Sources for the History of Cyprus. Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 274 x 213. Weight in Grams: 349.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Greece & Cyprus Research Center, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931226127
- ISBN
- 9781931226127
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Condition: New
€ 23.22
€ 23.22
The Jesuits II. Cultures, Sciences, and the Arts, 1540-1773.
. Ed(S): O'Malley, John W.; Bailey, Gauvin Al...
Paperback. With contributions from distinguished scholars from a dozen different countries, The Jesuits, II continues in the illustrious tradition of its predecessor to make an important contribution to religious memory. Editor(s): O'Malley, John W.; Bailey, Gauvin Alexander; Harris, Steven J.; Kennedy, T. Frank, S.J. Num Pages: 924 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 63. Weight in Grams: 1500.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 924
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487520687
- ISBN
- 9781487520687
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Condition: New
€ 55.56
€ 55.56
Paperback. After the Great War, Veterans were a new transnational mass phenomenon. This volume uses case studies to discuss the extent and impact of international veterans' organisations and draws out important comparative points between well-researched and documented movements and those that are less well-known. Editor(s): Newman, J.; Eichenberg, Julia. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349448234
- ISBN
- 9781349448234
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Condition: New
€ 126.68
€ 126.68
Paperback. Despite the claims of Steven Pinker and others, violence has remained a historical constant since the Enlightenment, even though its forms and visibility have been radically transformed. Accordingly, the studies gathered here recast debate over violence in modern societies by undermining teleological and reassuring narratives of progress. Editor(s): Martschukat, Jurgen; Niedermeier, Silvan. Num Pages: 318 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB; HBW; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349478439
- ISBN
- 9781349478439
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Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Paperback. This book brings together scholars in the History of Medicine to explore questions of race, gender and power relations in former colonial states across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific. Editor(s): Mahone, Sloan; Vaughan, M. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 379.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349524136
- ISBN
- 9781349524136
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Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Editor(s): Mackay, J.; Stirrup, David. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 265 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSBH5; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349449972
- ISBN
- 9781349449972
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Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
The Making of European Consumption. Facing the American Challenge.
. Ed(S): Lundin, Per; Kaiserfeld, Thomas
Paperback. American ideals and models feature prominently in the master narrative of post-war European consumer societies. This book demonstrates that Europeans did not appropriate a homogenous notion of America, rather post-war European consumption was a process of selective appropriation of American elements. Editor(s): Lundin, Per; Kaiserfeld, Thomas. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349476800
- ISBN
- 9781349476800
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Condition: New
€ 68.74
€ 68.74
Paperback. Editor(s): Lane, Ann; Temperley, Howard. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 365.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1995
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349242443
- ISBN
- 9781349242443
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Condition: New
€ 193.49
€ 193.49
Paperback. The new world created through Anglophone emigration in the 19th century has been much studied. But there have been few accounts of what this meant for the Indigenous populations. This book shows that Indigenous communities tenaciously held land in the midst of dispossession, whilst becoming interconnected through their struggles to do so. Editor(s): Laidlaw, Zoe; Lester, Alan. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349497355
- ISBN
- 9781349497355
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Condition: New
€ 138.81
€ 138.81
Paperback. Exploring volunteering as a characteristic of modern wars, this book examines why individuals go to war. It studies the motivations, social backgrounds and military experiences of war volunteersin a wide range of conflicts since the French Revolution, and helps to interpret the relationship between war and society in modern times." Editor(s): Kruger, Christine G.; Levsen, Sonja. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349309931
- ISBN
- 9781349309931
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Condition: New
€ 160.56
€ 160.56
Globalizing Social Rights: The International Labour Organization and B...
. Ed(S): Kott, Sandrine; Droux, Joelle
paperback. Based on the case of the ILO, both as an actor and driver of international social policy, this collection explores the internationalization process of social rights, in a number of national and international contexts. This collection brings together a variety of new scholarship by a group of highly qualified and internationally renowned scholars. Editor(s): Kott, Sandrine; Droux, Joelle. Series: International Labour Organization (ILO) Century Series. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB; JHBL; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349344758
- ISBN
- 9781349344758
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Condition: New
€ 138.87
€ 138.87
Paperback. This volume takes a decentered look at early modern empires and rejects the center/periphery divide. With an unconventional geographical set of cases, including the Holy Roman Empire, the Habsburg, Iberian, French and British empires, as well as China, contributors seize the spatial dynamics of the scientific enterprise. Editor(s): Kontler, Laszlo; Romano, Antonella; Sebastiani, Silvia; Torok, Borbala Zsuzsanna. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 287 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349503339
- ISBN
- 9781349503339
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Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Paperback. With contributions from leading scholars, this is a unique cross-cultural comparison of historical epics across a wide range of cultures and time periods, which presents crucial insights into how history is treated in narrative poetry. Editor(s): Konstan, David; Raaflaub, Kurt A. Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118785119
- ISBN
- 9781118785119
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Condition: New
€ 66.25
€ 66.25
Paperback. Mass Dictatorship and Modernity is the second volume in the 'Mass Dictatorship' series. A transnational, academic research venture, it interrogates mass dictatorship in a broad historical context, focusing on the emergence of modernity through interactions of center and periphery, empire and colony, and democracy and dictatorship on a global scale. Editor(s): Kim, M.; Schoenhals, Michael. Series: Mass Dictatorship in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349454464
- ISBN
- 9781349454464
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Condition: New
€ 127.36
€ 127.36
Hardback. Examines the processes of cultural exchange as they occurred in empire building, looking at Early Mesopotamia, Africa, Greece, Japan, India, the Arab world, and empires in other parts of the globe. Editor(s): Kasinec, Wendy F.; Polushin, Michael A. Series: The World Beat Series. Num Pages: 243 pages, maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1H; 1KBB; 1M; HBG; HBTQ; HBTR; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027304
- ISBN
- 9780842027304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.81
€ 168.81
Hardback. Presents a collection of contemporary letters, poems, addresses and newspaper reports that demonstrate the remarkable esteem in which Washington was held. This selection of materials shows that in his life Washington had already become the Father of his country and was acclaimed for his sense of honor, his heroism, and his wisdom. Editor(s): Kaminski, John P.; McCaughan, Jill Adair. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780945612100
- ISBN
- 9780945612100
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Condition: New
€ 36.47
€ 36.47
The Ends of European Colonial Empires. Cases and Comparisons.
. Ed(S): Jeronimo, Miguel Bandeira; Pinto, An...
Paperback. Editor(s): Jeronimo, Miguel Bandeira; Pinto, Antonio Costa. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. BIC Classification: HBG. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349679072
- ISBN
- 9781349679072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.54
€ 83.54
paperback. This collection is the first forum in which the merits and pitfalls of the case-file approach are debated. A timely contribution to current scholarship and debate in social history and related fields. Editor(s): Iacovetta, Franca; Mitchinson, Wendy. Num Pages: 432 pages, 10ill.8tabs. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802081292
- ISBN
- 9780802081292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.18
€ 46.99
€ 42.18
Paperback. A collection that focuses on the role of European law in colonial contexts andengages with recent treatments of this theme inknown works written largely from within the framework of postcolonial studies, which implicitly discuss colonial deployments of European law and politics via the concept of ideology." Editor(s): Hunter, I.; Dorsett, Shaunnagh. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBTB; HBTQ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349289134
- ISBN
- 9781349289134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. A ground-breaking collection by thirteen distinguished international scholars; this volume presents fresh perspectives on the exchange of culture and ideas between isolated communities through books and correspondence, and offers pioneering comparisons between the northern Atlantic and that of Spanish and Portuguese territories further south. Editor(s): Howsam, Leslie; Raven, J. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349330744
- ISBN
- 9781349330744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
The Changing Face of Death. Historical Accounts of Death and Disposal....
. Ed(S): Howarth, Glennys; Jupp, Peter C.
Hardback. This work argues that attitudes to death and to disposal are formed culturally. It examines the factors in the formation and decline of such attitudes by analyzing specific issues from the 15th to the 20th century. Editor(s): Howarth, Glennys; Jupp, Peter C. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFC; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333638637
- ISBN
- 9780333638637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Paperback. Since the publication of the first edition of Why Air Forces Fail, the debate over airpower's role in military operations has only intensified. Historians Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris assemble a team of experts to add essential new details to their cautionary tale for current practitioners of aerial warfare. Editor(s): Higham, Robin; Harris, Stephen J. Num Pages: 450 pages, 27 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; HBG; HBLW; HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813167510
- ISBN
- 9780813167510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.37
€ 46.37