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Paperback. This book offers a challenge to conventional histories of secularisation by focusing upon the importance of central religious narratives. These narratives are changed significantly over time, but also to have been invested with importance and meaning by religious individuals and organisations as well as by secular ones. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBTB; HPC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349364435
- ISBN
- 9781349364435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This groundbreaking contribution to Cold War scholarship established that there was a significant religious dimension to the Cold War and that it mattered. These essays are profound explorations of the longstanding and varied relationships of religious institutions with temporal power, which is sustained by claims to command life's purpose. Editor(s): Kirby, Dianne. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; HRAM2; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137339430
- ISBN
- 9781137339430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 139.11
€ 139.11
Paperback. Yiddish and Power surveys the social, linguistic and intellectual history of the Yiddish language within the traditional civilisation of Jewish Ashkenaz in central, and then in eastern Europe, and its interaction with the surrounding non-Jewish culture. It explores the various ways in which Yiddish has empowered masses and served political agendas. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; CFGR; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355211
- ISBN
- 9781349355211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. This book narrates and analyzes the southern tours that Booker T. Washington and his associates undertook in 1908-1912, relating them to Washington's racial philosophy and its impact on the various parts of black society. Num Pages: 260 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621381
- ISBN
- 9780230621381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This reference is a guide to a full understanding of the complicated history of Eastern Europe. Addressing the need for a comprehensive map collection for reference and classroom use, the volume includes 52 full page maps which are each accompanied by a facing page of explanatory text. Num Pages: 138 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBTP; JP; RGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 190 x 10. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312239855
- ISBN
- 9780312239855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.68
€ 126.68
Hardcover. This reference contains 50 colour full-page maps and extensive explanatory text to explore the often complicated and war-torn history of the Balkans. The maps not only illustrate the area's physical geography, but also the political development and key moments in Balkans history. Num Pages: 136 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVW; HBJD; HBTP; JP; RGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 453.
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312239619
- ISBN
- 9780312239619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.05
€ 183.05
Paperback. This oral history collection brings together extended interviews with fifteen women, illuminating the part that gender roles play in ensnaring women in cycles of domestic abuse and homelessness and highlighting the physical stresses. It also challenges liberal myths about homeless people, and homeless women in particular. Editor(s): Hellegers, Desiree. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 236 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBTD; JFFB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 236
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230116580
- ISBN
- 9780230116580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.85
€ 71.85
Paperback. This book traces the evolution of the Faust myth from the Sixteenth century to modern times. The authors studied include Marlowe, Calderon, Milton, Goethe, Byron, Dostoevsky, Wilde, Thomas Mann, and Salman Rushdie. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536290
- ISBN
- 9781349536290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book explores the French Enlightenment's use of cross-cultural comparisons - particularly the figures of the Chinese mandarin and American and Polynesian savage - to praise of critique aspects of European society and to draw general conclusions regarding human nature, natural law, and the rise and decline of civilizations. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349433810
- ISBN
- 9781349433810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 149.87
€ 149.87
Hardcover. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; HBTB; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 190 x 130. . Good copy in dustwrapper. DW with some nicks and tears.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1953
- SKU
- KTG0001600
- ISBN
- 9780708300824
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. At once a diplomatic history and case study of African foreign policy and presidential leadership, this book illustrates how development and security assistance were used by the US as antidotes against communism in the Cold War and how Liberia was able occasionally to profit from the arrangement. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDL; 1KBB; HBLW3; HBTW; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230617353
- ISBN
- 9780230617353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Hardback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16, 14 black & white halftones, 1 maps, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBTB; HBW; JWA; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501703096
- ISBN
- 9781501703096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.30
€ 50.30
Paperback. This book is a scholarly examination of the relationship between sacramental controversy and dramatic production in sixteenth-century England. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; HBJD; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349358489
- ISBN
- 9781349358489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.60
€ 65.60
Paperback. In 1999, more than 50,000 protesters at the World Trade Organization meeting turned downtown Seattle into a war zone. Windows were smashed, stores were looted, and 500 were arrested. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBT; JFFS; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842050159
- ISBN
- 9780842050159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.10
€ 63.10
Hardback. In 1999, more than 50,000 protesters at the World Trade Organization meeting turned downtown Seattle into a war zone. Windows were smashed, stores were looted, and 500 were arrested. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBT; JFFS; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842050142
- ISBN
- 9780842050142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.00
€ 168.00
Hardcover. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403965004
- ISBN
- 9781403965004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.73
€ 67.73
Hardback. The essays in this collection offer the path-breaking research of leading scholars to explore the significance and complexities of Britain's maritime world in this key period through a series of thematic discussions, comparing similar and contrasting movements and events. Editor(s): Cannadine, Mr David. Num Pages: 167 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230008991
- ISBN
- 9780230008991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.82
€ 71.82
Paperback. Traces public housing's history in Chicago from its New Deal roots through mayor Richard M Daley's Plan for Transformation. In the process, the author chronicles the Chicago Housing Authority's own transformation from the city's most progressive government agency to its largest slumlord. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 392 pages, 28 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226360867
- ISBN
- 9780226360867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. An oral-history-based biography of a seminal Asian-American activist. The book traces Embrey's life from her youth in the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles, to her harrowing experiences in the Japanese internment camps, to her many decades of passionate advocacy on behalf of her fellow internees. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 206 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; HBTD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621657
- ISBN
- 9780230621657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. An oral-history-based biography of a seminal Asian-American activist. The book traces Embrey's life from her youth in the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles, to her harrowing experiences in the Japanese internment camps, to her many decades of passionate advocacy on behalf of her fellow internees. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 206 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; HBTD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600676
- ISBN
- 9780230600676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719087318
- ISBN
- 9780719087318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.98
€ 156.98
paperback. This is the first book of its kind to look across disciplines at this vital aspect of British art, literature and culture. It brings the various intertwined histories of social realism into historical perspective, and argues that this sometimes marginalized genre is still an important reference point for creativity in Britain. Editor(s): Tucker, D. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; DSA; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349317868
- ISBN
- 9781349317868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.75
€ 54.75
Hardback. Editor(s): Hoffmann, D. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312225995
- ISBN
- 9780312225995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
Paperback. In this volume, Doug Underwood asks whether much of what is now called literary journalism is, in fact, 'literary, ' and whether it should rank with the great novels by such journalist-literary figures as Twain, Cather, and Hemingway, who believed that fiction was the better place for a realistic writer to express the important truths of life Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; DS; HBTB; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349469703
- ISBN
- 9781349469703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.96
€ 65.96