History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
Hardcover. A collection of essays by leading historians of early modern Europe and the U.S., this books explores how merchants, entrepreneurs, and other early modern capitalists viewed themselves. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604476
- ISBN
- 9780230604476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.75
€ 64.75
Hardcover. Shlapentokh asserts that asocial behavior in both medieval France and the contemporary West is not a marginal occurrence but rather a mainstream phenomena, and one that can often be stopped by strong force as the only antidote to social chaos. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; JKV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230603752
- ISBN
- 9780230603752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Hardcover. Reading the Sphinx unearths buried conflicts in religion, myth, and the memory of Egypt in the West, illuminating issues of identity, inheritance, gender, and sexuality through cultural productions ranging from Herodotus to Freud. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; DSBF; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230603288
- ISBN
- 9780230603288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
Hardcover. Did medieval women have the power to choose? This is a question at the heart of this book that explores three court cases from Yorkshire in the decades after the Black Death. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602946
- ISBN
- 9780230602946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.29
€ 64.29
Hardcover. Piero Gobetti was a radical liberal and critic of Italian politics in the years after World War I, he proposed 'revolutionary liberalism', which guided his opposition to Fascism and inspired key figures in the Italian Resistance. Accessible but critical, this volume is offers a balanced assessment of his enduring significance. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLW; JPFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602748
- ISBN
- 9780230602748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Paperback. Dreaming the English Renaissance examines ideas about dreams, actual dreams people had and recorded, and the many ways dreams were used in the culture and politics of the Tutor/Stuart age in order to provide a window into the mental life and the most profound beliefs of people of the time. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JMTD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602618
- ISBN
- 9780230602618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.66
€ 63.66
Hardcover. This collection examines a wide range of films and offers a dialogical model of film that preconceives the past and present as the remediation of old media by newer media. Editor(s): Burt, Richard. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN; HBLC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230601253
- ISBN
- 9780230601253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.41
€ 65.41
Paperback. This book examines the successes and failures of George W. Bush as a War President. The author critically assesses the administration's key decisions in the war on terror and President Bush's vision of creating a democratic Middle East. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230601000
- ISBN
- 9780230601000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Hardcover. This book examines the lost voices of returning World War II veterans in the immediate postwar years and shows how the developing Cold War silenced or altered dissenting opinions that many vets expressed upon their return. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JWT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600607
- ISBN
- 9780230600607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Hardcover. The first book to compare and contrast the rise of mass circulation press in Britain and America. It provides insights into the origins of tabloid journalism and explores a range of cross-cultural and literary issues, tracing the history of key newspapers and the careers of influential journalists such as Bennett, Russell, Harmsworth and Pulitzer. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230581869
- ISBN
- 9780230581869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.81
€ 64.81
Hardcover. An account of how one Labour Party politician, after suffering the biggest setback of his political career, used the anti-Vietnam War demonstrations in Grosvenor Square, the battle over trade union reform and the Troubles in Northern Ireland to propel himself to No 10. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPHL; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579583
- ISBN
- 9780230579583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Hardcover. This is the first comprehensive study in English of Soviet women who fought against the genocidal, misogynist, Nazi enemy on the Eastern Front during the Second World War. Drawing on a vast array of original archival, memoir, and published sources, this book captures the everyday experiences of Soviet women fighting, living and dying on the front. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579521
- ISBN
- 9780230579521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.39
€ 144.39
Hardcover. Radio was one of the major weapons used in the Cold War and The Undivided Sky gives a lively and comprehensive account of radio programming and audience responses in the divided Germany of the 1960s by looking at the reportage of major war-crimes trials of the time, issues of the Holocaust and German national identity. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576766
- ISBN
- 9780230576766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.49
€ 64.49
Hardcover. For German townsmen, life during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was characterized by a culture of arms, with urban citizenry representing the armed power of the state. This book investigates how men were socialized to the martial ethic from all sides, and how masculine identity was confirmed with blades and guns. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 401 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTJ; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576568
- ISBN
- 9780230576568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 219.62
€ 219.62
Hardcover. This book traverses the Indian Ocean in the period when the British held sway over the major oceanic waters of the world. In reviving the history of the Andamans as an important imperial prize, it offers a fresh perspective on the history of British colonialism, nationalism and the creation of modern India from its geographic periphery. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576056
- ISBN
- 9780230576056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.66
€ 64.66
Hardcover. An exploration of themes pursued by T.H. Rigby, such as the personal versus the institutional, legitimacy, and the collapse of a mono-organizational society. Editor(s): Fortescue, Stephen. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 223 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLW; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230575875
- ISBN
- 9780230575875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.66
€ 64.66
Hardcover. A comprehensive look at how the 'establishment' responded to the Italian student revolt of 1968. Using oral interviews, media analysis and archival evidence, the book explores the reactions of those who became the frequent targets of student protests - professors, police, activists' parents, the clergy, journalists, lawyers and auto workers. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW3; JPWF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230575684
- ISBN
- 9780230575684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.86
€ 63.86
Hardcover. Approaching the intersection of politics and science from the perspective of political history, this book looks at how nineteenth-century British Whigs used the themes of natural science to signal their identities, and how their devotion to a culture of liberality helped to define them. Offers a fresh take on a central theme in Victorian politics. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 222 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPFK; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574847
- ISBN
- 9780230574847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
The Primacy of Foreign Policy in British History, 1660-2000: How Strat...
Mulligan, William, Simms, Brendan
Hardcover. External challenges, strategic threats, and war have shaped the course of modern British history. This volume examines how Britain mobilized to meet these challenges and how developments in the constitution, state, public sphere, and economy were a response to foreign policy issues from the Restoration to the rise of New Labour. Num Pages: 359 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JPQB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574724
- ISBN
- 9780230574724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.96
€ 176.96
Hardcover. 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; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574717
- ISBN
- 9780230574717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.48
€ 123.48
Hardcover. England's Last Hope studies how the part-time auxiliary Territorial Force was raised, clothed, trained, housed and administered during the crucial years of its development in the years before the Great War. As such, it fills a fundamental gap in the understanding of how the force's units were able to take the field as part of the BEF in 1914. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBW; JWD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574540
- ISBN
- 9780230574540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.16
€ 176.16
Hardcover. In the early 1930s Soviet authorities launched a campaign to create "socialist" retailing and also endorsed Soviet consumerism. How did the Stalinist regime reconcile retailing and consumption with socialism? This book examines the discourses that the Stalinist regime's new approach to retailing and consumption engendered. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; KNPR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573963
- ISBN
- 9780230573963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.88
€ 133.88
Hardcover. Going to War overturns conventional views of the role of public opinion, the armed forces, parliamentarians, NGOs and writers in the formation of British debates about impending wars. It shows the pressures and the reasons which have led to Britain's involvement in so many conflicts. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573345
- ISBN
- 9780230573345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Paperback. In 1957 one of the two reactors built at Windscale was destroyed by fire, in the world's first major nuclear accident. This book describes the fire and what followed, and considers its causes, effects and political importance. It throws a revealing new light on an important event of fifty years ago and on questions of secrecy and responsibility. Num Pages: 266 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW3; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573178
- ISBN
- 9780230573178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.92
€ 74.92