History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Taking a fresh look the history of northern working-class life in the second half of the twentieth century, this book turns to the concept of generation and generational change. The author explores Zygmunt Bauman's bold vision of modern historical change as the shift from solid modernity to liquid modernity. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349345359
- ISBN
- 9781349345359
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Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Paperback. The Rise and Fall of Radical Westminster, 1780-1890 explores a critical chapter in the story of Britain's transition to democracy. Utilising the remarkably rich documentation generated by Westminster elections, Baer reveals how the most radical political space in the age of oligarchy became the most conservative and tranquil in an age of democracy. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 379 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 379
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349345922
- ISBN
- 9781349345922
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Condition: New
€ 127.93
€ 127.93
Paperback. This volume investigates what role colonial communities and diaspora have had in shaping the Portuguese empire and its heritage, exploring topics such as Portuguese migration to Africa, the Ismaili and the Swiss presence in Mozambique, the Goanese in East Africa, the Chinese in Brazil, and the history of the African presence in Portugal. Editor(s): Cahen, M. (Department of Mathematics, Free University of Brussels, Belgium). Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 363 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTQ; JFC; JFFN; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 363
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346042
- ISBN
- 9781349346042
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Condition: New
€ 48.21
€ 48.21
Paperback. The Southern Caribbean was the last frontier in the Atlantic world and the most contested region in the Caribbean during the Age of Revolution. As well as illuminating this little-understood region, the book seeks to complicate our understanding of the Caribbean, the role of 'free people of colour' and the nature of slavery. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJK; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346202
- ISBN
- 9781349346202
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Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. This book by world-expert Barry Gough examines the period of Pax Britannica, in the century before World War I. Following events of those 100 years, the book follows how the British failed to maintain their global hegemony of sea power in the face of continental challenges. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 404 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBL; HBTQ; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346349
- ISBN
- 9781349346349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.88
€ 48.88
paperback. A historical survey of the Iraqi media from its beginning up to the present day, focusing on the post-2003 media scene and the political and societal divisions that occurred in Iraq after US-led occupation. Investigates the nature of the media outlets and offers an analysis of the way Iraqi satellite channels covered the 2010 general elections. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AP; HBTB; JFC; JFD; JP; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- SKU
- V9781349346516
- ISBN
- 9781349346516
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Southgate draws on ideas within history, philosophy, literature, psychology, and theology to explore two traditions: contentment with our situation as it is, and the aspiration to transcend it. He discusses the possibility ofescape from intellectual constraints, and advocates a positive 'duty of discontent', and its implications." Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBTB; HPC; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346554
- ISBN
- 9781349346554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Paperback. Using case studies of cholera, plague, malaria, and yellow fever, this book analyzes how factors such as public health diplomacy, trade, imperial governance, medical technologies, and cultural norms operated within global and colonial conceptions of political and epidemiological risk to shape infectious disease policies in colonial India. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBJF; HBTB; HBTQ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346578
- ISBN
- 9781349346578
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Was there a notion of childhood for the labouring classes, and was it distinctive from that of the elite? Examining pauper childhood, family life and societal reform, Levene asks whether new models of childhood in the eighteenth century affected the treatment of the young poor, and reveals how they and their families were helped through hard times. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346592
- ISBN
- 9781349346592
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. A major historical study of the global arms trade, revolving around the transfer of small arms from metropolitan Europe to the turbulent frontiers of Indian Ocean societies during the 'long' nineteenth century (c.1780-1914). Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBL; HBTQ; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346639
- ISBN
- 9781349346639
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Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Paperback. Whisnant argues that the period after Nazism was more important for the history of homosexuality in Germany than is generally recognized. Gay scenes resurfaced; a more masculine view of homosexuality also became prominent. Above all, a public debate about homosexuality emerged, constituting a critical debate within the Sexual Revolution. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346813
- ISBN
- 9781349346813
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. The figure of the beautiful but lethal woman has haunted the Western imagination from ancient myth to contemporary film. Looking at news media, cinema, drama and other cultural forms, this study considers the interaction between representations of 'real life' 'femmes fatales' and their fictional counterparts. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; HBTB; JFC; JFD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349347216
- ISBN
- 9781349347216
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Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
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
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Two volumes of essays dedicated to the memory of Saki Ruth Dockrill, Professor of Contemporary History and International Security at King's College, London. Editor(s): Baxter, C.; Dockrill, Michael L.; Hamilton, K. Series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBL; HBTQ; JPA; JPS. 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
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349347742
- ISBN
- 9781349347742
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Exploring the ways in which the GDR has been remembered since its demise in 1989/90, this volume asks how memory of the former state continues to shape contemporary Germany. Its contributors offer multiple perspectives on the GDR and offer new insights into the complex relationship between past and present. Editor(s): Saunders, A. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJD; HBTB; HBTQ; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349347926
- ISBN
- 9781349347926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
The Wind of Change. Harold Macmillan and British Decolonization.
. Ed(S): Butler, L.; Stockwell, Sarah E.
Paperback. Editor(s): Butler, L.; Stockwell, Sarah E. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJH; HBL; HBTQ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349348268
- ISBN
- 9781349348268
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Condition: New
€ 127.00
€ 127.00
Paperback. The authors in this volume analyze spiritual kinship in Europe from the end of the Middle Ages to the Industrial Age. Uniquely comparing Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox views and practices, the chapters look at changes in theological thought over time as well as in social customs related to spiritual kinship, including godparenthood. Editor(s): Alfani, Guido; Gourdon, Vincent. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349348565
- ISBN
- 9781349348565
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Condition: New
€ 72.93
€ 72.93
Paperback. An in-depth study of early modern women's modesty rhetoric from the English Reformation to the Restoration. This book provides new readings of modesty's gendered deployment in the works of Anne Askew, Katharine Parr, Mary Sidney, Aemilia Lanyer and Anne Bradstreet. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; DSB; DSC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349348589
- ISBN
- 9781349348589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. Offering a new perspective on the British experience of the Second World War in Europe, this book provides a series of snapshots of the role which languages played in the key processes of British war-making, moving from frameworks of perception and intelligence gathering, through to liberation/occupation, and on to the aftermath of conflict. Series: Palgrave Studies in Languages at War. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFP; HBTB; HBWQ. 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
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349348749
- ISBN
- 9781349348749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.76
€ 126.76
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349348831
- ISBN
- 9781349348831
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Condition: New
€ 65.76
€ 65.76
Paperback. From neorealism's resolve to Berlusconian revisionist melodramas, this book examines cinema's role in constructing memories of Fascist Italy. Italian cinema has both reflected and shaped popular perceptions of Fascism, reinforcing or challenging stereotypes, remembering selectively and silently forgetting the most shameful pages of Italy's history. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; HBTB; JFC; JFD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349348855
- ISBN
- 9781349348855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
paperback. Victorians on Screen investigates the representation of the Victorian age on British television from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. Structured around key areas of enquiry specific to British television, it avoids a narrow focus on genre by instead taking a thematic approach and exploring notions of authenticity, realism and identity. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; HBJD1; HBTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- SKU
- V9781349348893
- ISBN
- 9781349348893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Paperback. This collection offers a new reflection on rape in war time through 15 case studies, ranging from Greece to Nigeria. It questions the specificity of rape as a universal transgression, its place in memories of war, its legacies, including children born from rape, and the challenge of writing about intimate violence as both a scientist and a human. Editor(s): Branche, Raphaelle; Virgili, Fabrice. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349203
- ISBN
- 9781349349203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; HBTB; HPN; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349432
- ISBN
- 9781349349432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95