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Paperback. An in-depth analysis of Great Britain's policy in the oil-rich Persian Gulf region during the last years of British imperialism in the area, covering the period from the independence of Kuwait to the decision of the Wilson Government to withdraw from the Gulf. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBJF; HBL; HBTQ. 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
289
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349459926
ISBN
9781349459926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. An in-depth analysis of Great Britain's policy in the oil-rich Persian Gulf region during the last years of British imperialism in the area, covering the period from the independence of Kuwait to the decision of the Wilson Government to withdraw from the Gulf. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137326713
ISBN
9781137326713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.25

Hardback. The story of hugely ambitious and risky long-distance private voyages, only one of which brought huge returns for investors. Num Pages: 250 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270200
ISBN
9781783270200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Paperback. Takes stock of the 'new British queer history'. Topics range from newspaper reporting of sodomy cases, to homoerotic representations in art, to queer autobiographical accounts, to oral histories of Scottish lesbians, and much else besides. Editor(s): Lewis, Brian. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719088957
ISBN
9780719088957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.97

Hardback. Takes stock of the 'new British queer history'. Topics range from newspaper reporting of sodomy cases, to homoerotic representations in art, to queer autobiographical accounts, to oral histories of Scottish lesbians, and much else besides. Editor(s): Lewis, Brian. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 223 x 30. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719088940
ISBN
9780719088940
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.12
€ 91.15

paperback. Editor(s): Hammond, M.; Williams, M. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2011
SKU
V9781349332373
ISBN
9781349332373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.05

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

Paperback. A new and innovative account of British sociology's intellectual origins that uses previously unknown archival resources to show how the field's forgotten roots in a late nineteenth and early twentieth-century debate about biology can help us understand both its subsequent development and future potential. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX; JHB; JHBA; PDX; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349347377
ISBN
9781349347377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230356160
ISBN
9780230356160
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.40

Paperback. British Television Animation 1997-2010 charts a moment in TV history where UK comic animation graduated from the margins as part of a post-Simpsons broadcast landscape. Shows like Monkey Dust, Modern Toss and Stressed Eric not only reflected the times but they ushered in an era of ambition and belief in British adult animation. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFV; HBTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349461226
ISBN
9781349461226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.84

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.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137401991
ISBN
9781137401991
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.51

Paperback. This book outlines the history of theatres and music halls from the late 16th century to the present time, noting changing fashions in entertainment and evolving official attitudes to safety that have, at various times, influenced the architectural characters of the buildings. Series: Shire album. Num Pages: 56 pages, illustrations, (some colour ). BIC Classification: 1DBK; AN; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 168. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
9780747806271
ISBN
9780747806271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Details women's experiences from the end of the 18th century to the outbreak of World War I. This anthology draws on a range of sources including parliamentary reports, pamphlets, newspapers and journals, novels, poetry and hymns, and seminal texts by activists in the women's movement. Series: International Library of Historical Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860641626
ISBN
9781860641626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.99

Paperback. British Women's Life Writing, 1760-1840 brings together for the first time a wide range of print and manuscript sources to demonstrate women's innovative approach to self-representation. It examines canonical writers, such as Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Robinson, and Helen Maria Williams, amongst others. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349445578
ISBN
9781349445578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.32

Paperback. A cultural guide to a region on the edge of Europe that has been visited by the Romans, Franks, Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Germans Series: Landscapes of the Imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 b. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909930063
ISBN
9781909930063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.88

Paperback. Through an examination of plays, actors, reviews, and audience response of the period, this study traces the development of Broadway as a source of 'mature' American drama, and the simultaneous development of Professional-Managerial Class consciousness and habitus. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; AV; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349380046
ISBN
9781349380046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.46
€ 47.16

Paperback. Reinterprets the history of Western philosophy from Greece to modern times. Translator(s): Lilly, Reginald. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 712 pages, 1 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: HBT; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1008.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253215475
ISBN
9780253215475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.15
€ 50.99

Paperback. Examines human rights violations by Israel, the Palestinian Authority and armed groups. This book measures the events of the intifadah against universal human rights standards. It also pays tribute to the work of Palestinian, Israeli and international human rights organisations and human rights defenders. Num Pages: 84 pages, b&w photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; HBTV; JPVH; JPWQ; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 150 x 7. Weight in Grams: 238. Israel/Occupied Territories/Palestinian Authority. 84 pages, b&w photographs and illustrations. Examines human rights violations by Israel, the Palestinian Authority and armed groups. This book measures the events of the intifadah against universal human rights standards. It also pays tribute to the work of Palestinian, Israeli and international human rights organisations and human rights defenders. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FBP; HBTV; JPVH; JPWQ; LN. Dimension: 231 x 150 x 7. Weight: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Amnesty International UK
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862103101
ISBN
9780862103101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.38

Paperback. A factory was built at Broughton to construct Wellington Bombers for the RAF's expansion and wartime needs. Situated near Chester, the factory has remained part of the British aviation industry while older, traditional sites have come and gone. This book deals with the phenomenal success of this Welsh factory. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKWN; HBTK; KNDV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 11. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752441849
ISBN
9780752441849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.64

Hardcover. As African American populations grew and white communities declined throughout the 1960s and '70s, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans migrated to the city, adding a complex layer to local racial dynamics, this book provides history to examine the migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in the postwar era. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 halftones, 9 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226244259
ISBN
9780226244259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.17
€ 79.61

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