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Hardback. Examines the processes of cultural exchange as they occurred in empire building, looking at Early Mesopotamia, Africa, Greece, Japan, India, the Arab world, and empires in other parts of the globe. Editor(s): Kasinec, Wendy F.; Polushin, Michael A. Series: The World Beat Series. Num Pages: 243 pages, maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1H; 1KBB; 1M; HBG; HBTQ; HBTR; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027304
- ISBN
- 9780842027304
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€ 157.92
€ 157.92
The First 30 Years of the ESPR. The History of Pediatric Radiology in ...
. Ed(S): Kaufmann, H. J.; Ringertz, Hans; Swe...
Paperback. As the European Society for Pediatric Radiology enters its fourth decade, this volume salutes its existence by outlining its aims and research. Editor(s): Kaufmann, H. J.; Ringertz, Hans; Sweet, Elisabeth. Num Pages: 124 pages, 41 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; HBTB; MJW; MMPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 205.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540565413
- ISBN
- 9783540565413
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€ 118.15
€ 118.15
Paperback. Contributors to this volume highlight the failure and socio-economic and political problems of post-colonial African state and make constructive and convincing suggestions of how the problems can be addressed. They do not argue for the scrapping of the state but its reconstitution in ways that will enable it to be people's-oriented. Editor(s): Kieh, Dr. George Klay, Jr.; Agbese, Pita Ogaba. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBTB; JPA; JPHV; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 411.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349534388
- ISBN
- 9781349534388
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
The Word and the World. Biblical Exegesis and Early Modern Science.
. Ed(S): Killeen, Kevin; Forshaw, Peter J.
Paperback. This book explores the impact of biblical reading practices on scientific thought in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries. It addresses the idea that the natural philosophers of the era forged their new sciences despite, rather than because of, the pervasive bible-centeredness of early modern thought. Editor(s): Killeen, Kevin; Forshaw, Peter J. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HPC; HRAX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349353385
- ISBN
- 9781349353385
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€ 57.39
€ 57.39
Paperback. Mass Dictatorship and Modernity is the second volume in the 'Mass Dictatorship' series. A transnational, academic research venture, it interrogates mass dictatorship in a broad historical context, focusing on the emergence of modernity through interactions of center and periphery, empire and colony, and democracy and dictatorship on a global scale. Editor(s): Kim, M.; Schoenhals, Michael. Series: Mass Dictatorship in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349454464
- ISBN
- 9781349454464
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€ 118.77
€ 118.77
Hardback. Editor(s): King, Victor T.; Zawawi, Ibrahim; Noor, Hasharina Hassan. Series: Asia in Transition. Num Pages: 634 pages, 25 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMNX; HBJF; HBTB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1112.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
- Number of pages
- 634
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789811006715
- ISBN
- 9789811006715
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€ 216.11
€ 216.11
hardcover. As gentlemen of the Royal Society in London sat down to their turtle dinner in 1793 they were participating in an historical event: an act simultaneously of fine dining and colonialism. Feasting and drinking, the communities in which they occurred, and larger themes of historical significance are explored here offering new insights into the past. Editor(s): Kirkby, Diane; Luckins, Tanja. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517158
- ISBN
- 9780230517158
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Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Paperback. With studies of China, India, West Africa, South America and Europe, this book provides a global perspective on food consumption in the modern world. Combing ethnographic, historical and comparative analyses, the volume celebrates the contributions of Jack Goody to the anthropology of food. Editor(s): Klein, Jakob A.; Murcott, Anne. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JHBL; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459742
- ISBN
- 9781349459742
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€ 61.53
€ 61.53
Hardback. The Culture of the Gift in Eighteenth-Century England analyzes the long overlooked role of gift exchange in literary texts and cultural documents and provides innovative readings of how gift transactions shaped the institutions and practices that gave this era its distinctive identity. Editor(s): Klekar, Cynthia; Zionkowski, Linda. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; DSBD; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230608290
- ISBN
- 9780230608290
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€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Paperback. This book explores women's organizations and their various educational contributions through local, state, and national networks from 1890 to 1960. Contributors investigate how women united to support and sustain education in both formal and informal settings and examine various associations. Editor(s): Knupfer, Anne Meis; Woyshner, Christine A. Num Pages: 268 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1; JNB; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 214 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137366061
- ISBN
- 9781137366061
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€ 54.99€ 43.47
€ 54.99
€ 43.47
Paperback. This volume takes a decentered look at early modern empires and rejects the center/periphery divide. With an unconventional geographical set of cases, including the Holy Roman Empire, the Habsburg, Iberian, French and British empires, as well as China, contributors seize the spatial dynamics of the scientific enterprise. Editor(s): Kontler, Laszlo; Romano, Antonella; Sebastiani, Silvia; Torok, Borbala Zsuzsanna. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 287 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349503339
- ISBN
- 9781349503339
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Condition: New
€ 61.81
€ 61.81
paperback. Editor(s): Konu, C. Ornek; Sunar, C. Ungor; Ornek, Cangul. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBW; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349459902
- ISBN
- 9781349459902
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Condition: New
€ 64.81
€ 64.81
Paperback. Covering the period following the collapse of communism, the unification of Germany, and Poland's accession to the EU, this collection focuses on the interdependencies of German, Polish, and Jewish collective memories and their dialogic, transnational character, showing the collective nature of postmemory and the pressures that shape it. Editor(s): Kopp, K; Nizynska, J. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349340811
- ISBN
- 9781349340811
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Condition: New
€ 62.15
€ 62.15
Paperback. Editor(s): Kordela, A. Kiarina; Vardoulakis, Dimitris. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; DS; HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349295265
- ISBN
- 9781349295265
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€ 61.81
€ 61.81
The Making of Modern Tourism. The Cultural History of the British Expe...
. Ed(S): Korte, Barbara; Harvie, Christopher;...
Paperback. This transdisciplinary volume traces the history of tourism from the Renaissance to the present day, combining the findings of historical and literary research. Editor(s): Korte, Barbara; Harvie, Christopher; Schneider, R.; Berghoff, Hartmut. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; J; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349665136
- ISBN
- 9781349665136
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€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Paperback. Editor(s): Korte, Barbara; Lechner, Doris. Num Pages: 222 pages, 26 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837625936
- ISBN
- 9783837625936
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€ 48.99€ 34.63
€ 48.99
€ 34.63
Paperback. This broad-ranging collection introduces the key methodologies and debates surrounding the study of the textiles and dress of the Middle Ages. New critical viewpoints are brought to bear on the medieval material in the areas of archaeology, art and architecture, economics, law, history, literature, religion, and textile technology. Editor(s): Koslin, Desiree G.; Snyder, Janet. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; AKTH; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602359
- ISBN
- 9780230602359
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Condition: New
€ 128.95
€ 128.95
Globalizing Social Rights: The International Labour Organization and B...
. Ed(S): Kott, Sandrine; Droux, Joelle
paperback. Based on the case of the ILO, both as an actor and driver of international social policy, this collection explores the internationalization process of social rights, in a number of national and international contexts. This collection brings together a variety of new scholarship by a group of highly qualified and internationally renowned scholars. Editor(s): Kott, Sandrine; Droux, Joelle. Series: International Labour Organization (ILO) Century Series. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB; JHBL; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349344758
- ISBN
- 9781349344758
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Condition: New
€ 129.47
€ 129.47
Paperback. This collection uses Theodore Roosevelt to form a fresh approach to the history of US and European relations, arguing that the best place to look for the origins of the modern transatlantic relationship is in Roosevelt's life and career. Editor(s): Krabbendam, Hans; Thompson, J. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJK; HBL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349449361
- ISBN
- 9781349449361
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Condition: New
€ 61.51
€ 61.51
Paperback. Exploring volunteering as a characteristic of modern wars, this book examines why individuals go to war. It studies the motivations, social backgrounds and military experiences of war volunteersin a wide range of conflicts since the French Revolution, and helps to interpret the relationship between war and society in modern times." Editor(s): Kruger, Christine G.; Levsen, Sonja. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349309931
- ISBN
- 9781349309931
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Condition: New
€ 149.65
€ 149.65
Paperback. Editor(s): Kummels, Ingrid; Rauhut, Claudia; Rinke, Stefan; Timm, Birte. Num Pages: 300 pages, 20 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBTQ; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837626070
- ISBN
- 9783837626070
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Condition: New
€ 51.96€ 40.57
€ 51.96
€ 40.57
Paperback. 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. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349497355
- ISBN
- 9781349497355
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Condition: New
€ 129.41
€ 129.41
Hardback. The political, social, cultural, and religious crises Jews encountered in their long history influenced the development of Jewish culture, thought, and religion. This title describe how Jews coped with these threatening events, especially how they consequently had to rethink and shape their Jewish identity anew. Editor(s): Lange, Armin; Romheld, K.F. Diethard; Weigold, Matthias. Series: Schriften Des Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum. Num Pages: 288 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783525542088
- ISBN
- 9783525542088
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€ 112.20€ 84.29
€ 112.20
€ 84.29
Paperback. This book explores the varied ways in which modernist and postcolonial innovations in fiction are motivated by crises and revolutions in the human perception and appropriation of space. 'Space' for the writers concerned has its political, historical, cultural and gender dimensions as well as its geographical identity. Editor(s): Lange, Attie de; Fincham, Gail; Hawthorn, Jeremy; Lothe, Jakob. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSBH5; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349362936
- ISBN
- 9781349362936
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Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54