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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
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Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Paperback. This book offers an exciting new take on the relationship between law and power. The 1856 Declaration of Paris marks the precise moment when international law became universal, and was an aggressive and successful British move to end privateering forever - then the United States' main weapon in case of war with Britain. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBJK; HBW; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349337385
- ISBN
- 9781349337385
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Condition: New
€ 66.01
€ 66.01
Paperback. The book presents a new history of the first enlargement of the EU. It charts the attempts by the European Commission to influence the outcome of the British and Irish bids to join the Common Market during the 1960s and 1970s. The most politically divisive EU enlargement is examined through extensive research in British, Irish, EU, and US archives. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349337842
- ISBN
- 9781349337842
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Condition: New
€ 66.25
€ 66.25
Paperback. This first major study of a curiously neglected term in the history of sexuality will intrigue students, scholars and enthusiasts alike. The authors take us through a journey across four centuries, showing how notions of sexual coldness and frigidity have been thought about by legal, medical, psychiatric, psychoanalytic and literary writers. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBTB; JHBK; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349338139
- ISBN
- 9781349338139
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Condition: New
€ 127.46
€ 127.46
Paperback. "Dunes, sandstorms, freezing crags and searing heat; these are not the usual images of World War I. For many men from all over the British Empire, this was the experience of the Great War. Based on soldiers' accounts, this book reveals the hardships and complexity of British Empire soldiers' lives in this oft-forgotten but important campaign"-- Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBJF; HBL; HBTQ; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349338375
- ISBN
- 9781349338375
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Condition: New
€ 149.35
€ 149.35
Paperback. This volume is derived from a series of lectures sponsored by the National Maritime Museum and held at the Institute of Historical Research. Editor(s): Taylor, Miles. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349338412
- ISBN
- 9781349338412
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Condition: New
€ 65.74
€ 65.74
Paperback. Tracing the emergence of 'Religious Internationals' as a distinctive new phenomenon in world history, this book transforms our understanding of the role of religion in our modern world. Through in-depth studies comparing the experiences of Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jews and Muslims, leading experts shed new light on 'global civil society'. Editor(s): Green, A.; Viaene, Vincent. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 397 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HRAX; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349340064
- ISBN
- 9781349340064
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Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Paperback. Warfare in the modern era has often been described in terms of national armies fighting national wars. This volume challenges the view by examining transnational aspects of military mobilization from the eighteenth century to the present. Truly global in scope, it offers an alternative way of reading the military history of the last 250 years. Editor(s): Collins, B.; Arielli, Nir. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349340125
- ISBN
- 9781349340125
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Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Paperback. Editor(s): Ganim, John M.; Legassie, Shayne Aaron. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349341085
- ISBN
- 9781349341085
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Condition: New
€ 65.94
€ 65.94
Paperback. This study explores two categories empire and citizenship that historians usually study separately. It does so with a unifying focus on racialization in the lives of outstanding women whose careers crossed national borders between 1880 and 1965. It puts an individual, intellectual, and female face on transnational phenomena." Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 283 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 443.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349341863
- ISBN
- 9781349341863
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. This book combines social and institutional histories of Russia, focusing on the secret police and their evolving relationship with the peasantry. Based on an analysis of Cheka/OGPU reports, it argues that the police did not initially respond to peasant resistance to Bolshevik demands simply with the gun rather, they listened to peasant voices." Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJ; HBJD; HBL; HBW; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- SKU
- V9781349341979
- ISBN
- 9781349341979
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Condition: New
€ 65.58
€ 65.58
Paperback. Chinese American authors often find it necessary to represent Asian history in their literary works. Tracing the development of the literary production of Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, Lisa See, and Russell Leong, among others, this book captures the effects of international politics and globalization on Chinese American diasporic consciousness. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; HBG; HBJK; JF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349342648
- ISBN
- 9781349342648
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Condition: New
€ 65.56
€ 65.56
Paperback. Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--University of Guelph. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 244 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; HBG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 309.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349342907
- ISBN
- 9781349342907
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Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 47.15
€ 52.90
€ 47.15
Paperback. This book explores how the cultural process of making any disease a "plague" results in discrimination against certain groups, as it has for those with AIDS in America. Gina M. Bright here captures the discrimination produced by plague-making in her analysis and her portraits of the people she has cared for with AIDS over the past quarter-century. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBL; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349343362
- ISBN
- 9781349343362
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. The atomic age was described as one that might soon end in the destruction of human civilization, but from the beginning, utopian images were attached to it as well. This book compares representations of nuclear power in popular media from around the world to to trace divergences, convergences, and exchanges. Editor(s): Van Lente, Dick. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 290 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBTB; PDX; RNQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349343645
- ISBN
- 9781349343645
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Condition: New
€ 138.85
€ 138.85
Paperback. This volume brings together historians, economists, political scientists, and anthropologists to present a global perspective on the new forms of lending and borrowing that have become a key feature of twentieth-century mass consumer societies, emphasizing comparative and transnational historical perspectives. Editor(s): Logemann, Jan. Series: Worlds of Consumption. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBJF; HBJK; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349343867
- ISBN
- 9781349343867
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Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Paperback. "Boccaccio's Decameron and the Ciceronian Renaissance demonstrates that Boccaccio's puzzling masterpiece takes on organic consistency when viewed as an early modern adaptation of a pre-Christian, humanistic vision"-- Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349343942
- ISBN
- 9781349343942
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Iwuchukwu examines the perennial conflicts in different parts of northern Nigeria and why they are popularly called Muslim-Christian clashes. Specifically, he examines the immediate and remote factors that are responsible for the conflicts. Series: Christianities of the World. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HPC; HRAM; HRAX; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349344079
- ISBN
- 9781349344079
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Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Paperback. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 250 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AP; HBG; HBJD; HRJ; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349344192
- ISBN
- 9781349344192
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Translation of: Menschenrechte, Sozialpolitik, und Dekolonisation. Series: International Labour Organization (ILO) Century Series. Num Pages: 412 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HBTQ; JPA; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 547.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349344710
- ISBN
- 9781349344710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36