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Hardcover. In 1911, Winston S. Churchill and Robert L. Borden became companions in an attempt to provide naval security for the British Empire as a naval crisis loomed with Germany. Their scheme for Canada to provide battleships for the Royal Navy as part of an Imperial squadron was rejected by the Senate with great implications for the future. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJC; HBJD1; HBTM; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137300867
- ISBN
- 9781137300867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book considers the British travelling beyond their isles over the last three hundred years, and through a range of interdisciplinary perspectives reflects on their taste for discovery and self-discovery both through the exploration - and exploitation - of other lands and peoples. Editor(s): Farr, Martin. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137304148
- ISBN
- 9781137304148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
The History of Social Movements in Global Perspective. A Survey.
. Ed(S): Berger, Stefan; Nehring, Holger
Paperback. Editor(s): Berger, Stefan; Nehring, Holger. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements. Num Pages: 720 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HBTV; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137304261
- ISBN
- 9781137304261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 141.51
€ 141.51
Hardcover. Blending global scope with local depth, this book throws new light on important themes. Spanning four centuries and vast space, it combines the history of ideas with particular histories of encounters between European voyagers and Indigenous people in Oceania (Island Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands). Series: Palgrave Studies in Pacific History. Num Pages: 384 pages, 11 maps, 41 figures. BIC Classification: 1MK; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJM; HBTM; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137305886
- ISBN
- 9781137305886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.15
€ 68.15
Paperback. In this intriguing guide, North American utopian communities are explored by Friesen and Friesen with a view to a new social system for the Twenty-first century. The authors assert that the formation of a utopian society is both possible and feasible and give examples of how to create one of our own. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137306401
- ISBN
- 9781137306401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. Marx's Rebellion Against Lenin, by negating the Leninist-Stalinist theory of dialectical materialism and tracing Marx's political philosophy to the Classical Humanism of Aristotle, overthrows the stultifying entrapment of Stalinist Bolshevism and contributes to the revitalization of Marx's method. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTK; HBTV; HPS; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137309259
- ISBN
- 9781137309259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover. Grounded in the Foucauldian literature on governmentality and drawing on a broad range of disciplines, this book examines the government of childhood in the West from the early modern period to the present. The book deals with three key time-periods and examines shifts in the conceptualization and regulation of childhood and child-rearing. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSP1; JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137312266
- ISBN
- 9781137312266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. Covering two hundred years, this groundbreaking book brings together essays on borderlands by leading experts in the modern history of the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia to offer the first historical study of borderlands with a global reach. Editor(s): Readman, Paul; Radding, Cynthia; Bryant, Chad. Num Pages: 360 pages, 15 maps, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBG; HBLL; HBTP; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137320575
- ISBN
- 9781137320575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.84
€ 68.84
Hardcover. An unprecedented number of people were sent to 'lunatic asylums' in the nineteenth century. But what was life like inside? How was order maintained? And why were so many doctors on the verge of a breakdown themselves? This book provides a glimpse into the lives of patients and staff inside two London asylums at the turn of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBTB; JKSM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137321428
- ISBN
- 9781137321428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. This book reviews the period from the unification of Italy to the fascist era through significant Neapolitan performers such as Gilda Mignonette and Enrico Caruso. It traces the transformation of a popular tradition written in dialect into a popular tradition, written in Italian, that contributed to the production of "American" identity. Series: Italian & Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBBEY; AVGN; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137322418
- ISBN
- 9781137322418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Tycoons, Scorchers, and Outlaws charts how auto racing was shaped by class tensions between the millionaires who invented it, the public who resented their seizure of the public roads, and the working class drivers who viewed the sport as a vocation, not a leisured pursuit. Num Pages: 154 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137322500
- ISBN
- 9781137322500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Hardcover. The book shows how teachers struggled to liberate their country's education system from the legacy of dictatorship, combining a general evaluation of the phenomenon with intimate glances at the people who drove it forward. By vindicating the importance of democratic professionals it illuminates the Spanish transition to democracy from a new angle. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJPL; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137323736
- ISBN
- 9781137323736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. Sound experimentation by avant-garde theatre artists of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries is an important but ignored aspect of theatre history. Curtin explores how artists engaged with the sonic conditions of modernity through dramatic form, characterization, staging, technology, performance style, and other forms of interaction. Series: Avant-Gardes in Performance. Num Pages: 274 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ANF; ANH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137324788
- ISBN
- 9781137324788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 47.00
€ 53.36
€ 47.00
Communicating Awe: Media Memory and Holocaust Commemoration (Palgrave ...
Meyers, Oren, Neiger, Motti, Zandberg, Eyal
Hardcover. Offering a cross-media exploration of Israeli media on Holocaust Remembrance Day, one of Israel's most sacred national rituals, over the past six decades, this fascinating book investigates the way in which variables such as medium, structure of ownership, genre and targeted audiences shape the collective recollection of traumatic memories. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBTZ1; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137325235
- ISBN
- 9781137325235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. 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; JFCV; JFFT; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137326409
- ISBN
- 9781137326409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. In the 17th century, the elite household (kapi) became the focal point of Ottoman elite politics and socialization. It was a cultural melting pot, bringing together individuals of varied backgrounds through empire-wide patronage networks. This book investigates the layers of kapi power, through the example of Seyhulislam Feyzullah Efendielite. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137326898
- ISBN
- 9781137326898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. Through an analysis of the marriage patterns of thousands of aristocratic women as well as an examination of diaries, letters, and memoirs, this book demonstrates that the sense of rank identity as manifested in these women's marriages remained remarkably stable for centuries, until it was finally shattered by the First World War. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 169 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137327796
- ISBN
- 9781137327796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. Bankhurst examines how news regarding the violent struggle to control the borderlands of British North America between 1740 and 1760 resonated among communities in Ireland with familial links to the colonies. This work considers how intense Irish press coverage and American fundraising drives in Ireland produced empathy among Ulster Presbyterians. Series: Christianities in the Trans-Atlantic World, 1500-1800. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3JF; HBTB; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137328199
- ISBN
- 9781137328199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.29
€ 94.29
Climate, Science, and Colonization: Histories from Australia and New Z...
O´gorman, Emily, Henry, Matthew
Hardcover. Offering new historical understandings of human responses to climate and climate change, this cutting-edge volume explores the dynamic relationship between settlement, climate, and colonization, covering everything from the physical impact of climate on agriculture and land development to the development of "folk" and government meteorologies. Editor(s): Beattie, James; Henry, Matthew; O'Gorman, Emily. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 1MBN; HBJM; HBTB; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137333926
- ISBN
- 9781137333926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. Offering a new interpretation of early Cold War history, this book demonstrates how Christian agency played a pivotal role in the creating of space for the logic of nuclear deterrence and nuclear war, showing a balanced examination of Christians as enablers but, more provocatively, as resisters of nuclear prohibitions. Series: Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBLW3; HBTW; HBWS; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137334237
- ISBN
- 9781137334237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11