History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
Hardcover. Interdisciplinary in nature, this project draws on fiction, non-fiction and archival material to theorize urban space and literary/cultural production in the context of the United States and New York City. Spanning from the mid-1970s fiscal crisis to the 1987 Market Crash, New York writing becomes akin to geographical fieldwork in this rich study. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; DSA; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137340191
- ISBN
- 9781137340191
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Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Paperback. Although the Igbo constitute one of the largest ethnic nationalities of Nigeria and the West African sub-region, little is known about their political history before the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. This book is a pioneering study of the broad changes Igbo political systems have undergone since the prehistoric period. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3H; HBJH; HBLC; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137347213
- ISBN
- 9781137347213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.96
€ 66.96
Hardcover. Rewriting German History offers striking new insights into key debates about the recent German past. Bringing together cutting-edge research and current discussions, this volume examines developments in the writing of the German past since the Second World War and suggests new directions for scholarship in the twenty-first century. Editor(s): Ruger, Jan; Wachsmann, Nikolaus. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 black & white halftones, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 708.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137347787
- ISBN
- 9781137347787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.38
€ 131.38
The Home Front in Britain. Images, Myths and Forgotten Experiences Sin...
Lomas, Janis. Ed(S): Andrews, Maggie; Smoke, ...
Hardback. The Home Front in Britain explores the British Home Front in the last 100 years since the outbreak of WW1. Case studies critically analyse the meaning and images of the British home and family in times war, challenging prevalent myths of how working and domestic life was shifted by national conflict. Editor(s): Andrews, Maggie; Smoke, Richard. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 465.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137348982
- ISBN
- 9781137348982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.92
€ 62.92
Hardcover. How has Britain understood the Holocaust? This interdisciplinary volume explores popular narratives of the Second World War and cultural representations of the Holocaust from the Nuremberg trials of 1945-6, to the establishment of a national memorial day by the start of the twenty-first century. Series: The Holocaust and its Contexts. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW; HBTZ; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137350763
- ISBN
- 9781137350763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Hardcover. Drawing on a wide range of British and Argentine sources, this book highlights the importance of the neglected 1960s as the decade in which the dormant Falklands (Malvinas) dispute became reactivated, developing into a dynamic set of bilateral negotiations on the question of sovereignty. Editor(s): Ashton, Nigel J. Series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1MTASF; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137354228
- ISBN
- 9781137354228
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Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Hardcover. This book looks at the reasons behind the emergence of a Catalan nationalist movement from the late 1880s, one of the most important developments that took place in nineteenth-century Spain, with the 'Catalan question' thereafter never far from the centre of the Spanish political stage. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137354488
- ISBN
- 9781137354488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.82
€ 119.82
Hardcover. A variety of thinkers used the concept of myth to articulate their anxieties about modernity. By telling the story of mythic thinking in Britain from its origins in Victorian social anthropology to its postwar cultural mainstreaming, this book reveals a yearning for transcendence in an age long assumed to be disenchanted. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; DSK; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137354969
- ISBN
- 9781137354969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Hardcover. In early modern English medicine, the balance of fluids in the body was seen as key to health. Menstruation was widely believed to regulate blood levels in the body and so was extensively discussed in medical texts. Sara Read examines all forms of literature, from plays and poems, to life-writing, and compares these texts with the medical theories. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBL; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137355027
- ISBN
- 9781137355027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.14
€ 150.14
Hardcover. Drawing on the graphic and revealing evidence recorded by the different courts in early modern Saragossa, this book captures the spirit of an age when religious faith vied for people's hearts and minds with centuries-old beliefs in witchcraft and superstition. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137355874
- ISBN
- 9781137355874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.85
€ 139.85
'Civilising Mission' of Portuguese Colonialism, 1870-1930
Bandeira Jeronimo, Miguel; Costa-Pinto, Anton...
Hardback. This book provides an historical, critical analysis of the doctrine of 'civilising mission' in Portuguese colonialism in the crucial period from 1870 to 1930. Exploring international contexts and transnational connections, this 'civilising mission' is analysed and assessed by examining the employment and distribution of African manpower. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 1H; 3JH; 3JJ; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137355904
- ISBN
- 9781137355904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.70
€ 119.70
Paperback. Imperial expositions held in fin-de-siecle London, Paris and Berlin were knots in a world wide web. Conceptualizing expositions as meta-media, Fleeting Cities constitutes a transnational and transdisciplinary investigation into how modernity was created and displayed, consumed and disputed in the European metropolis around 1900. Num Pages: 423 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 662.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137358325
- ISBN
- 9781137358325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.73
€ 121.73
Hardcover. Hailed as early Christian texts as important as the Dead Sea Scrolls, yet condemned by the Vatican as Islamic heresies, the Lead books of Granada, written on discs of lead and unearthed on a Granadan hillside, weave a mysterious tale of duplicity and daring set in the religious crucible of sixteenth-century Spain. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; HBLH; HBTB; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 180 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137358844
- ISBN
- 9781137358844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.10
€ 63.10
Paperback. The Greater War is an international history of the First World War. Comprising of thirteen chapters this collection of essays covers new aspects of the French, German, Italian and American efforts in the First World War, as well as aspects of Britain's colonial campaigns. Editor(s): Krause, Jonathan. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBJD; HBJQ; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137360649
- ISBN
- 9781137360649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Hardcover. The Greater War is an international history of the First World War. Comprising of thirteen chapters this collection of essays covers new aspects of the French, German, Italian and American efforts in the First World War, as well as aspects of Britain's colonial campaigns. Editor(s): Krause, Jonathan. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137360656
- ISBN
- 9781137360656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Hardcover. Integrating the political and governmental histories of Spain and the American colonies, this book focuses on the political and governmental history of the Viceroyalty of Peru during the 'early Bourbon' period and provides a new interpretation of the period's broader significance within Spanish American history. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137362230
- ISBN
- 9781137362230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. The volume undertakes a comparative analysis of the various discursive traditions dealing with the connection between modernity and historicity in Southeastern and Northern Europe, reconstructing the ways in which different "temporalities" produced alternative representations of the past and future, of continuity and discontinuity, and identity. Editor(s): Mishkova, Diana; Trencsenyi, Balazs; Jalava, Marja. Num Pages: 373 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DN; 1DVW; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137362469
- ISBN
- 9781137362469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.36
€ 141.36
Hardcover. Kourou was to be a wonderful revenge, a French colony in America after the Seven Years War in 1763. However, the fantastic ideal became a grand failure and political disaster, marking the end of the French attempts for an American colony. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137363466
- ISBN
- 9781137363466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Hardcover. Between 1917 and 1919 women enlisted in the Women's Land Army, a national organisation with the task of increasing domestic food production. Behind the scenes organisers laboured to not only recruit an army of women workers, but to also dispel public fears that Britain's Land Girls would be defeminized and devalued by their wartime experiences. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 221 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137363893
- ISBN
- 9781137363893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Hardcover. This book demonstrates how the two adversaries of the Cold War, West Germany and East Germany, endeavored to create two distinct and unique German identities. In their endeavor to claim legitimacy, the German cinematic representation of the American West became an important cultural weapon of mass dissemination during the Cold War. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 1DFGW; 3JJP; HBLW3; HBTB; HBTW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137364296
- ISBN
- 9781137364296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26