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Paperback. Bringing together the latest research on the neglected area of second-hand exchange and consumption, this bookoffers fresh insights into the buying and selling of used goods in western-Europe during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and seeks to re-examine and redefine the relationship between modernity and the second-hand trade." Editor(s): Van Damme, Ilja. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349310869
- ISBN
- 9781349310869
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Condition: New
€ 62.08
€ 62.08
Paperback. "Examining how the press in Britain, Sweden and Finland responded to the Holocaust immediately after the Second World War, Holmila offers new insights into the challenge posed by the Holocaust for liberal democracies by looking at the reporting of the liberation of the camps, the Nuremberg trial and the Jewish immigration to Palestine."-- Series: The Holocaust and its Contexts. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HBWQ; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349311064
- ISBN
- 9781349311064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. "The first book-length study to critically examine the recent wave of Hitler biopics in German cinema and television. A group of international experts discuss films like Downfall in the context of earlier portrayals of Hitler and draw out their implications for the changing place of the Third Reich in the national historical imagination"-- Editor(s): Machtans, Karolin; Ruehl, Dr. Martin A. Series: The Holocaust and its Contexts. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AP; HBJD; HBJK; HBL; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349311101
- ISBN
- 9781349311101
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Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. This new study maps and synthesizes existing research on the ways in which journalism deals with death. Folker Hanusch provides a historical overview of death in the news, looks at the conditions of production, content and reception, and also analyzes emerging trends in the representation of death online. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349311477
- ISBN
- 9781349311477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HPQ; JFSJ; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349311514
- ISBN
- 9781349311514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 150.00
€ 150.00
Paperback. Glen O'Hara draws a compelling picture of Second World War Britain by investigating relations between people and government: the electorate's rising expectations and demands for universally-available social services, the increasing complexity of the new solutions to these needs, and mounting frustration with both among both governors and governed. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349311552
- ISBN
- 9781349311552
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Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
The Political Economy of Empire in the Early Modern World
. Ed(S): Reinert, Sophus A.; Roge, Pernille
Paperback. Editor(s): Reinert, Sophus A.; Roge, Pernille. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBTQ; JPA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349311590
- ISBN
- 9781349311590
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Condition: New
€ 61.59
€ 61.59
Paperback. This collection examines ways in which modern literature responds tothe body-at-war, examining the effects of violent conflict on the body in its literal and representative forms. Spanning literature from World WarI to the present day, it includes essays on pacifist theatre, torture, fascist fantasies, and uniforms and masculinity." Editor(s): Rau, Petra. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HBTB; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349311989
- ISBN
- 9781349311989
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Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Renaissance map-makers produced ever more accurate descriptions of geography, which were also beautiful works of art. They filled the oceans Europeans were exploring with ships and to describe the real ships which were the newest and best products of technology. Above all the ships were there to show the European conquest of the seas of the world. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 44 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349312078
- ISBN
- 9781349312078
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Condition: New
€ 119.77
€ 119.77
Paperback. Informal empire is a key mechanism of control that explains much of the configuration of the modern world. This book traces the broad outline of westernization through elite formations around the world in the modern era. It explains why the world is western and how formal empire describes only the tip of the iceberg of British and American power. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349312719
- ISBN
- 9781349312719
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Condition: New
€ 61.67
€ 61.67
paperback. "An examination of the modernization of the English and Welsh police during the interwar years, focusing upon the increasing professionalization of the police, the Federation, forensic work and the growth of traffic policing. The authors challenge the established viewpoint by arguing that this period saw significant changes in policing"-- Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349312757
- ISBN
- 9781349312757
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Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. "This book presents a multi-authored study of Europeanisation across the twentieth century from the First World War to the present day"-- Editor(s): Conway, Martin; Patel, Kiran. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349313075
- ISBN
- 9781349313075
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Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. This book explores the day-to-day 'lived experience' of fascism in Venice during the 1930s, charting the attempts of the fascist regime to infiltrate and reshape Venetians' everyday lives and their responses to the intrusions of the fascist state. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; 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
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349313112
- ISBN
- 9781349313112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.87
€ 61.87
Paperback. This book explores the relationships between European integration and material infrastructures. Taking transnational infrastructures as the focal point of study, the book focuses on the various forms of mediation between the material, institutional and discursive levels of European integration and fragmentation in a truly transnational perspective. Editor(s): Badenoch, Alexander; Fickers, Andreas. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JPA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 443.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349313136
- ISBN
- 9781349313136
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Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. An exploration of the ways in which children learned and were taught to read, against the background of the transition from Ottoman Empire to Turkish Republic. This study gives us a fresh perspective on the transition from empire to republic by showing us the ways that reading was central to the construction of modernity. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJF; HBL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349313167
- ISBN
- 9781349313167
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Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. The environment is currently a matter of international public and academic concern, but is often considered separately from health issues. This book brings together work from environmental and health historians to conceptualise the connection between environment and health at different times and in different geographical locations. Editor(s): Berridge, Virginia; Gorsky, Martin. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HBTQ; MBX; PDX; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349313228
- ISBN
- 9781349313228
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Condition: New
€ 62.59
€ 62.59
Paperback. James Mussell provides an accessible account of the digitization of nineteenth-century newspapers and periodicals. As studying this material is essential to understand the period, he argues that we have no choice but to engage with the new digital resources that have transformed how we access the print archive. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBAH; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349313921
- ISBN
- 9781349313921
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Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JFC; JFSL; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349314805
- ISBN
- 9781349314805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
Paperback. Includes bibliographical references and index. Editor(s): Bateman, Fiona; Pilkington, Lionel. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349315888
- ISBN
- 9781349315888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.13
€ 129.13
Paperback. Written by leading scholars in the field, this book provides new insights, based on original research, into the full spectrum of modern Japanese political-religious activity: from the prewar uses of Shinto in shaping the modern imperial nation-state to the postwar 'new religions' that have challenged the power of the political establishment. Editor(s): Starrs, R. Num Pages: 347 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBL; HBTB; HPC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349316595
- ISBN
- 9781349316595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.05
€ 120.05