History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
Hardcover. An illustrated history of the pastoral nomadic way of life in Mongolia, this book examines the many challenges that Mongolian herders continue to face in the struggle over natural resources in the post-socialist free market era. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HBJQ; HBLC; HBLH; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137269652
- ISBN
- 9781137269652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Hardcover. This study illuminates the commonalities and the peculiarities of different slaveries and contributes to a growing body of literature that showcases the flexibility of slavery as an institution. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3J; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137268662
- ISBN
- 9781137268662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardcover. The Race for the White House from Reagan to Clinton provides a foundation for how the presidential nomination process and the presidential election process have changed over the past three decades by addressing a number of important questions about the nomination and electoral processes. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137268594
- ISBN
- 9781137268594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. Examining the social and political history of workers and entrepreneurs engaged in constructing the French capital from 1763-1815, this book argues that Paris construction was a core sector in which 'archaic' and 'innovative' practices were symbiotically used by guilds, the state, and enterprises to launch the commercial revolution in France. Num Pages: 362 pages, 46 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137264343
- ISBN
- 9781137264343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.81
€ 127.81
Hardcover. One of the central challenges facing Macedonia, along with other Yugoslav successor states, is to develop civic values and to combat such uncivic values as ethnic intolerance, religious bigotry, and homophobia. This volume brings together specialists in Macedonian affairs to offer insights into the experiences and values of the Macedonians. Editor(s): Listhaug, Ola; Simkus, Albert. Num Pages: 362 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYM; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW3; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137033338
- ISBN
- 9781137033338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137031785
- ISBN
- 9781137031785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover. This is the first study of popular opinions in Soviet society in the 1920s. These voices which made the Russian revolution characterize reactions to mobilization politics: patriotic militarizing campaigns, the tenth anniversary of the revolution and state attempts to unite the nation around a new Soviet identity. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030740
- ISBN
- 9781137030740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardcover. From interpretations of the Holocaust to fascist thought and anti-fascists' responses, this book tackles topics which are rarely studied in conjunction. This is a unique collection of essays on a wide variety of subjects, which contributes to understanding the roots and consequences of mid-twentieth-century Europe's great catastrophe. Editor(s): Stone, Dan. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBLW3; HBTZ1; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137029522
- ISBN
- 9781137029522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. This follow up to Violent London deals in detail with the story behind the 2010 and 2011 riots both from the perspective of the protesters, rioters and from the point of view of the police and government. Bloom uses reportage, parliamentary, police and security briefings, as well as the voices and theory of modern protest, to tell the story. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 41 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JMG; HBJD1; HBLX; HBTV; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2012 ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137029355
- ISBN
- 9781137029355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.01
€ 27.01
Paperback. A lively, engaging social history of the extraordinary Puritan world that flowered into a vibrant civilization in seventeenth-century New England and then implanted itself into American history. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025623
- ISBN
- 9781137025623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardcover. A lively, engaging social history of the extraordinary Puritan world that flowered into a vibrant civilization in seventeenth-century New England and then implanted itself into American history. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 511.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025616
- ISBN
- 9781137025616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.35
€ 67.35
Paperback. A fresh and fascinating look at the Space Age that demolishes the myth of the fearless, hot-shot astronaut. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025289
- ISBN
- 9781137025289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025272
- ISBN
- 9781137025272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. A study of the political and military aspects of the US strategy in the fight against Japan during World War II. Num Pages: 220 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025210
- ISBN
- 9781137025210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.57
€ 127.57
Paperback. This book examines the large and previously-neglected body of literature on Nazism that was produced in the years 1933-1939. Shifting attention away from high politics or appeasement, it reveals that a remarkably wide range of responses was available to the reading public. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137022455
- ISBN
- 9781137022455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.18
€ 127.18
Hardcover. Drawing on interviews with key players and previously unused archival sources, this book offers a fascinating account of a critical period in Fine Gael's history when the party was challenged to define its place in Irish politics. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137022059
- ISBN
- 9781137022059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.20
€ 128.20
Paperback. Bringing together scholars from around the world, this first book in the Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series raises the question of how we can get away from the contemporary language of globalization, so as to identify meaningful, global ways of defining historical events and processes in the late Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBAH; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137015235
- ISBN
- 9781137015235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Hardcover. The end of empire shaped the way the British public saw their place in the world, society and the ethnic and racial boundaries of their nation. Focussing on some of the most controversial organisations of the 1960s, this book illuminates their central importance in constructing post-imperial Britain. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137008909
- ISBN
- 9781137008909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Hardcover. This book examines Elizabeth's correspondence with several significant rulers, analyzing how her letters were constructed, drafted and presented, the rhetorical strategies used, and the role these letters played in facilitating diplomatic relations. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BJ; HBJD1; HBLH; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137008350
- ISBN
- 9781137008350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Hardcover. This book explores the discourse and practice of anti-racism in the first two decades following World War II, uncovering the ways scientific and cultural discourses of 'race' continued to circulate in the early period of contemporary globalization through the lens on UNESCO. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137003836
- ISBN
- 9781137003836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137003799
- ISBN
- 9781137003799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardcover. This book aims to fill some of the gaps in historical narrative about labor unions, Nigerian leftists, and decolonization during the twentieth century. It emphasizes the significance of labor union education in British decolonization, labor unionism, and British efforts at modernizing the human resources of Nigeria. Num Pages: 196 pages, 4 black & white tables, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137003584
- ISBN
- 9781137003584
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Hardcover. This book provides three categories of investigation: 1) The Typology and Context of the Greco-Roman Banquet, 2) Who Was at the Greco-Roman Banquets, and 3) The Culture of Reclining. Together these studies establish festive meals as an essential lens into social formation in the Greco-Roman world. Editor(s): Taussig, Hal. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBLA1; HRCR; HRCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137002884
- ISBN
- 9781137002884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.49
€ 161.49
Hardcover. This book offers a comprehensive political biography of Kingsley Ozuomba Mbadiwe, (1915-1990), a central figure in Nigerian political history for more than forty years. Num Pages: 294 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; BGH; HBJH; HBLW; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137002617
- ISBN
- 9781137002617
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31