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History: specific events & topics
Hardcover. In historical studies, 'collective memory' is most often viewed as the product of nationalizing strategies carried out by political elites in the hope to create homogeneous nation-states. In contrast, this book asserts that collective memories develop out of a never-ending, triangular negotiation between local, national and transnational actors. Editor(s): Beyen, Marnix; Deseure, Brecht. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137469373
- ISBN
- 9781137469373
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€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. This book examines the role of mercantile networks in linking Asian economies to the global economy. It contains fourteen contributions on East, Southeast and South Asia covering the period from 1750 to the present. Editor(s): Bosma, Ulbe; Webster, Anthony; De Melo, Jaime. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3JF; HBJF; HBTQ; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137463913
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- 9781137463913
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Condition: New
€ 150.62
€ 150.62
Hardcover. Bringing together an international team of specialists, this volume considers the place of royal heirs within their families, their education and accommodation, their ability to overcome succession crises, the consequences of the death of an heir and finally the roles royal heirs played during the First World War. Editor(s): Mehrkens, Heidi; Muller, Frank Lorenz. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern Monarchy. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; JPF; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137454966
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- 9781137454966
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€ 128.36
€ 128.36
Hardcover. The new world created through Anglophone emigration in the 19th century has been much studied. But there have been few accounts of what this meant for the Indigenous populations. This book shows that Indigenous communities tenaciously held land in the midst of dispossession, whilst becoming interconnected through their struggles to do so. Editor(s): Laidlaw, Zoe; Lester, Alan ((St Mary'S University College)). Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 1KB; 1MB; 3JH; HBLL; HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137452351
- ISBN
- 9781137452351
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€ 130.03
€ 130.03
Hardcover. In this book, twelve scholars of early modern history analyse various categories and cases of deception and false identity in the age of geographical discoveries and of forced conversions: from two-faced conversos to serial converts, from demoniacs to stigmatics, and from self-appointed ambassadors to lying cosmographer. Editor(s): Eliav-Feldon, Miriam; Herzig, Tamar. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; HRAX; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137447487
- ISBN
- 9781137447487
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Condition: New
€ 106.66
€ 106.66
Paperback. The threat of global pandemic disease is currently mobilizing experts, governments, and the exploding industry in 'security'; and yet this has all happened before. Alison Bashford explores the pressing issues of border control and infectious disease in the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. Editor(s): Bashford, Alison. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBTB; HBTQ; MBNS; MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137444660
- ISBN
- 9781137444660
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€ 126.97
€ 126.97
Hardcover. Through studies of beheaded Irish traitors, smugglers hung in chains on the English coast, suicides subjected to the surgeon's knife in Dresden and the burial of executed Nazi war criminals, this volume provides a fresh perspective on the history of capital punishment. This book has two open access chapters under a CC BY license. Editor(s): Ward, Richard. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife. Num Pages: 329 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JKVP; LNFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137443991
- ISBN
- 9781137443991
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Condition: New
€ 117.48
€ 117.48
Hardcover. States without former colonies, it has been argued, were intensely involved in colonial practices. This anthology looks at Switzerland, which, by its very strong economic involvements with colonialism, its doctrine of neutrality, and its transnationally entangled scientific community, constitutes a perfect case in point. Editor(s): Purtschert, Patricia; Fischer-Tine, Harald. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, 9. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137442734
- ISBN
- 9781137442734
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Condition: New
€ 161.52
€ 161.52
Hardcover. This collection of essays explores the inter-imperial connections between British, Spanish, Dutch, and French Caribbean colonies, and the 'Old World' countries which founded them. Grounded in primary archival research, the thirteen contributors focus on the ways that participants in the Atlantic World economy transcended imperial boundaries. Editor(s): Leonard, Adrian; Pretel, David. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBTQ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137432711
- ISBN
- 9781137432711
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Condition: New
€ 162.12
€ 162.12
Hardcover. To follow. Editor(s): Leonard, Adrian. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HBTM; KFFN; KJZ; KNGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 267 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137411372
- ISBN
- 9781137411372
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Condition: New
€ 194.65
€ 194.65
Hardcover. This collection explores the ways in which traumatic experience becomes a part of public memory. It explores the premise that traumatic events are realities; they happen in the world, not in the fantasy life of individuals or in the narrative frames of our televisions and cinemas. Editor(s): Goodall, Jane; Lee, Christopher. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137406798
- ISBN
- 9781137406798
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Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardcover. This book examines how theatre in its various forms adapted itself to the new conditions of 1914-1918. Contributors draw on a range of source materials to show the different kinds of theatrical provision and performance cultures in operation not only in London but across parts of Britain and also in Australia and at the Front. Editor(s): Maunder, Andrew. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; AN; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 27. Weight in Grams: 534.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137401991
- ISBN
- 9781137401991
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Condition: New
€ 128.51
€ 128.51
Hardcover. A critical assessment of one of Britain's foremost historians and university leaders of the second half of the 20th century. Editor(s): Taylor, Miles. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137392572
- ISBN
- 9781137392572
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Condition: New
€ 68.00
€ 68.00
Hardcover. The book brings together original, state-of-the-art historical research from several continents and examines how mainly local peasant societies responded to colonial pressures to produce a range of different commodities. It offers new directions in the study of African, Asian, Caribbean, and Latin American societies. Editor(s): Hazareesingh, Sandip; Maat, Harro. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 10 figures, 4 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137381095
- ISBN
- 9781137381095
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Condition: New
€ 116.55
€ 116.55
Hardcover. Despite the claims of Steven Pinker and others, violence has remained a historical constant since the Enlightenment, even though its forms and visibility have been radically transformed. Accordingly, the studies gathered here recast debate over violence in modern societies by undermining teleological and reassuring narratives of progress. Editor(s): Martschukat, Jurgen; Niedermeier, Silvan. Num Pages: 318 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378682
- ISBN
- 9781137378682
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Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. American ideals and models feature prominently in the master narrative of post-war European consumer societies. This book demonstrates that Europeans did not appropriate a homogenous notion of America, rather post-war European consumption was a process of selective appropriation of American elements. Editor(s): Lundin, Per; Kaiserfeld, Thomas. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 25 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137374035
- ISBN
- 9781137374035
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Condition: New
€ 67.56
€ 67.56
Hardcover. After World War II, the AFL-CIO pursued an ambitious agenda of containing global communism and helping to throw off the shackles of colonialism. This sweeping collection brings together contributions from leading historians to explore its successes, challenges, and inevitable compromises as it pursued these initiatives during the Cold War. Editor(s): Goethem, Geert van; Waters, Robert Anthony,, Jr. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBLW3; HBTB; HBTK; HBTW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137360212
- ISBN
- 9781137360212
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Condition: New
€ 140.13
€ 140.13
Hardcover. Europe's critical infrastructure is a key concern to policymakers, NGOs, companies, and citizens today. This book argues that present-day infrastructure vulnerabilities resulted from choices of infrastructure builders in the past. Editor(s): Hogselius, Per; Hommels, Anique; Kaijser, Arne; Vleuten, Erik van der. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 634.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137358721
- ISBN
- 9781137358721
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Condition: New
€ 69.02
€ 69.02
Paperback. 'The only true history of a country', wrote Thomas Macaulay, 'is to be found in its newspapers'. Media and the British Empire explores how the media shaped and defined the economic, social, political and cultural dynamics of the British Empire by viewing it from the perspective of the colonized as well as the colonizers. Editor(s): Kaul, Chandrika. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBAH; HBTQ; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137358318
- ISBN
- 9781137358318
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Condition: New
€ 127.16
€ 127.16
Hardcover. Colonial Girlhood in Literature, Culture and History, 1840-1950 explores a range of real and fictional colonial girlhood experiences from Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa, India, New Zealand, Australia, England, Ireland, and Canada to reflect on the transitional state of girlhood between childhood and adulthood. Editor(s): Moruzi, Kristine; Smith, Michelle J. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137356345
- ISBN
- 9781137356345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.47
€ 67.47
Hardcover. Moving beyond the current fixation on "state construction," the interdisciplinary work gathered here explores regulatory authority in South Sudan's borderlands from both contemporary and historical perspectives. Taken together, these studies show how emerging governance practices challenge the bounded categorizations of "state" and "non-state." Editor(s): Vaughan, Christopher; Schomerus, Mareike; De Vries, Lotje. Series: Palgrave Series in African Borderlands Studies. Num Pages: 260 pages, 5 maps, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBTR; JPHC; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137340887
- ISBN
- 9781137340887
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Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. Because oral history interviews are personal interactions between human beings, they rarely conform to a methodological ideal. These reflections from oral historians provide honest and rigorous analyses of actual oral history practice that address the complexities of a human-centered methodology. Editor(s): Sheftel, Anna; Zembrzycki, Stacey. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 326 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBA; HBTD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 638.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137339638
- ISBN
- 9781137339638
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Condition: New
€ 78.90
€ 78.90
Hardcover. This volume explores some of the critical reconfigurations of the Union as wrought by the Civil War and offer insights into public memory of what the conflict signified. Editor(s): Morgan, Iwan W.; Davies, Philip John. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137336477
- ISBN
- 9781137336477
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. Drawing on extensive new research, and bringing much new scholarship before English readers for the first time, this wide-ranging volume examines how knowledge was created and circulated throughout the Dutch Empire, and how these processes compared with those of the Imperial Britain, Spain, and Russia. Editor(s): Boomgaard, Peter. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDN; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137334015
- ISBN
- 9781137334015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90