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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Hardcover. A fascinating glimpse into the history of sexual perversions and diversions including fetishism, cross-dressing, 'effeminate' men and 'masculinized' women, sodomy, tribadism, masturbation, necrophilia, rape, paedophilia, flagellation, and sado-masochism, asking how these sexual inclinations were viewed at a particular time in history. Editor(s): Peakman, Julie. Num Pages: 305 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTB; JHBK5; JMU. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230555105
ISBN
9780230555105
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.39

Hardcover. Women in Russian Culture and Society, 1700-1825 is a collection of essays by leading researchers shedding new light on women as writers, actresses, nuns and missionaries. It illuminates the lives of merchant and serf women as well as noblewomen and focuses on women's culture in Russia during this period. Editor(s): Rosslyn, Wendy; Tosi, Alessandra. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230553231
ISBN
9780230553231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Hardcover. Tracing sexual violence in Europe's twentieth century from the Armenian genocide to Auschwitz and Algeria to Bosnia, this pathbreaking volume expands military history to include the realm of sexuality. Examining both stories of consensual romance and of intimate brutality, it also contributes significant new insights to the history of sexuality. Editor(s): Herzog, Dagmar. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFFE2; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230542532
ISBN
9780230542532
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.27

Hardcover. A fascinating collection of essays by renowned and emerging scholars exploring how everyday matters from farting to friendship reveal extraordinary aspects of early modern life, while seemingly exceptional acts and beliefs -- such as those of ghosts, prophecies, and cannibalism -- illuminate something of the routine experience of ordinary people. Editor(s): McShane, Angela; Walker, Garthine. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230537248
ISBN
9780230537248
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.03

Hardcover. Through the eyes of a young American female radical socialist, living and working in Barcelona during the Catalan Revolution and the Spanish Civil War, the dreams, the nightmares and the realities of European politics in the age of dictatorship are fully brought to life. An autobiographical commentary written on the eve of World War Two. Editor(s): Hom, Gerd-Rainer. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP; JPFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230527393
ISBN
9780230527393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Hardcover. An exploration of links between opinion and governance in Early Modern England, studying moral panics about crime, sex and belief. Hypothesizing that media-driven panics proliferated in the 1700s, with the development of newspapers and government sensibility to opinion, it also considers earlier panics about cross-dressing and witchcraft. Editor(s): Lemmings, David; Walker, Claire. Num Pages: 290 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFFP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230527324
ISBN
9780230527324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.21

Hardcover. This fascinating collection of essays is the first full-length scholarly study of the genesis and influence of Alan Peacock's intellectually radical 'Report of the Committee on Financing the BBC' (1986), which fundamentally altered the principles governing the development of broadcasting policy in the UK. Editor(s): O'Malley, Tom; Jones, Janet. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JFD; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230524743
ISBN
9780230524743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.21

Hardcover. This book is the first study of the role of British Ambassadors in shaping Anglo-American relations during the first generation of the 'special relationship'. As well as showing how ambassadors wielded influence in Washington and helped to formulate British foreign policy, it offers insights into the role of the embassy in modern diplomacy. Editor(s): Hopkins, Michael F.; Kelly, Saul; Young, John W. (Chair of International History, University of Nottingham). Num Pages: 251 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW3; JPSD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230522169
ISBN
9780230522169
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Hardcover. This book explores the political and religious world of early Bourbon France, focusing on the search for stable accord that characterised its political and religious life. Chapters examine developments that shaped the Bourbon realm through the century: assertions of royal authority, rules of political negotiation, and the evolution of Devot piety. Editor(s): Forrestal, Alison; Nelson, Eric. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230521391
ISBN
9780230521391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.15

Hardcover. France's liberation was expected to trigger a decisive break both with the Vichy regime and with the pre-war Third Republic. What happened was an untidy patchwork of unplanned continuities and false starts. This volume analyses the complex process of regime change, economic renewal, social transformation, and adjustment to a fast-evolving world. Editor(s): Knapp, Andrew. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230521216
ISBN
9780230521216
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.12

Hardcover. Drugs and Empires introduces new research that re-evaluates the relationship between intoxicants and empires in the modern world. It re-examines controversies about such issues as the Asian opium trade or the sale of alcohol in Africa and addresses new areas of research, including the impact of imperial drugs profits on American history. Editor(s): Mills, James; Barton, Patricia. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; JKVG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230516519
ISBN
9780230516519
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Hardcover. This collection of essays argues that there is an pre-history, that is, a longer tradition of the transnationalization of historical culture and historical science. It seeks to substantiate the claim that history writing reflected the globality of its time as much as followed the nationalization of the societies in which it was produced. Editor(s): Middell, Matthias; Roura Aulinas, Lluis. Series: Writing the Nation. Num Pages: 546 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBAH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 35. Weight in Grams: 948.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230500075
ISBN
9780230500075
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.22

Hardcover. This volume asks which national histories underpinned which national identity constructions in almost every nation state in Europe during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It explores the construction of national identities through history writing and analyses their interrelationship with histories of ethnicity/race, class and religion. Editor(s): Lorenz, Chris; Berger, Stefan. Series: Writing the Nation. Num Pages: 656 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBA; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1100.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230500068
ISBN
9780230500068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.26

Hardcover. Institutions, networks and communities "standardized" the historical discipline and profession in the nineteenth and twentieth century, in both the old and the new European nation states. This collection focuses on the growth of the infrastructure of historiography: the archives, journals, biographical dictionaries and the historical museums. Editor(s): Porciani, Ilaria; Tollebeek, Jo. Series: Writing the Nation. Num Pages: 452 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBAH; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230500051
ISBN
9780230500051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.79

Hardcover. Exploring the ways in which the GDR has been remembered since its demise in 1989/90, this volume asks how memory of the former state continues to shape contemporary Germany. Its contributors offer multiple perspectives on the GDR and offer new insights into the complex relationship between past and present. Editor(s): Saunders, Anna; Pinfold, Debbie. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230360570
ISBN
9780230360570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.27

Hardcover. This volume of essays focuses upon Britain's international and imperial role from the mid-Victorian era through until the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. Editor(s): Baxter, Christopher; Dockrill, Michael L.; Hamilton, Keith. Series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230360440
ISBN
9780230360440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Hardcover. This collection of essays focuses Britain's role in global affairs since the Second World War. The essays cover a broad field, from relations with Japan and China, through European and African developments, to defence planning in Whitehall. Editor(s): Young, John W.; Pedaliu, Effie G. H.; Kandiah, Michael D. Series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTW; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230360396
ISBN
9780230360396
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Hardcover. A major academic controversy has raged in recent years over the analysis of the political and religious commitments of Samuel Johnson, the most commanding of the 'commanding heights' of eighteenth-century English letters. This book, one of a trilogy from Palgrave, brings that debate to a decisive conclusion, retrieving the 'historic Johnson.' Editor(s): Clark, J. C. D.; Erskine-Hill, Howard. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230355996
ISBN
9780230355996
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Hardcover. 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: HBLW; HBTB; JFFS; JHBL; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 218 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230343658
ISBN
9780230343658
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.28

Hardcover. 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: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBG; HBLW3; PDR; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230340909
ISBN
9780230340909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.05

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