History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardcover. A new assessment of the debates about Just War in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, from the imperial wars of the nineteenth century through the age of total war, the evolution of human rights discourse and international law, to proportionality during the Cold War and the redefinition of authority with the ascendancy of terror groups. Editor(s): Welch, David; Fox, Jo. Num Pages: 412 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JPVN; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246270
- ISBN
- 9780230246270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.04
€ 129.04
Hardcover. This book brings together a distinguished group of historians to explore the previously neglected relationship between nationalism and urban history. It reveals the contrasting experiences of nationalism in different societies and milieus. It will help historians to reassess the role of nationalism both inside and outside the nation state. Editor(s): Whyte, William; Zimmer, Oliver. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JHBD; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246287
- ISBN
- 9780230246287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.61
€ 67.61
Hardcover. A comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference collection, bringing together an authoritative and international line-up of scholars to examine key social and political issues related to the Olympics. An essential, 'one-stop' volume for a wide range of academics, students and researchers. Editor(s): Lenskyj, Helen Jefferson; Wagg, Stephen. Num Pages: 608 pages, 9 black & white tables, 1 figures. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JHBS; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1048.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246539
- ISBN
- 9780230246539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.87
€ 197.87
Hardcover. Using detailed studies of fifteen exiled royal figures, the role of Exile in European Society and in the evolution of national cultures is examined. From the Jacobite court to the exiled Kings' of Hanover, the book provides an alternative history of monarchical power from the 16th to 20th century. Editor(s): Mansel, Philip; Riotte, Torsten. Num Pages: 373 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 224 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230249059
- ISBN
- 9780230249059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.31
€ 129.31
Hardcover. Offering one of the first analyses of how networks of science interacted within the British Empire during the past two centuries, this volume shows how the rise of formalized state networks of science in the mid nineteenth-century led to a constant tension between administrators and scientists. Editor(s): Bennett, Brett M.; Hodge, Joseph M. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252288
- ISBN
- 9780230252288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.65
€ 128.65
Hardcover. The events of 1968 are often seen purely as a student revolution, but impacted on every aspect of French society - theatre, film, sexuality, race, the countryside, the factories. This volume explores the full diversity of this extraordinary upheaval, and shows how 1968 continues to reverberate in France today. Editor(s): Jackson, Julian; Milne, Anna-Louise; Williams, James S. Num Pages: 454 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 223 x 30. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252585
- ISBN
- 9780230252585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.57
€ 68.57
Hardcover. Although we associate the Third Reich above all with suffering, pain and fear, pleasure played a central role in its social and cultural dynamics. This book explores the relationship between the rationing of pleasures as a means of political stabilization and the pressure on the Nazi regime to cater to popular cultural expectations. Editor(s): Swett, Pamela E. (McMaster University, Ontario); Ross, Corey; DAlmeida, Fabrice. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ; JHBS; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition/First Printing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230271685
- ISBN
- 9780230271685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.77
€ 128.77
Hardcover. Nationalism was ubiquitous in nineteenth-century Europe. Yet, we know little about what the nation meant to ordinary people. In this book, both renowned historians and younger scholars try to answer this question. This book will appeal to specialists in the field but also offers helpful reading for any college and university course on nationalism. Editor(s): Van Ginderachter, Maarten; Beyen, Marnix. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272477
- ISBN
- 9780230272477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.61
€ 67.61
Hardcover. Over the last century, many 16th- and 17th-century events and personalities have been brought before home, cinema, exhibition, festival and theatrical audiences. This collection examines these representations, looking at recent television series, documentaries, pageantry, theatre and popular culture in various cultural and linguistic guises. Editor(s): Burnett, Mark Thornton; Streete, Adrian. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8, 8 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; APF; APT; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230273436
- ISBN
- 9780230273436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover. The first comparative study of the spread of mass education around the world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this unique new book uses a bottom-up focus and demonstrates, to an extent not appreciated hitherto, the gulf between the intentions of the government and the reality on the ground. Editor(s): Brockliss, Laurence; Sheldon, Nicola. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; JN; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230273504
- ISBN
- 9780230273504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.12
€ 68.12
Paperback. Tracing sexual violence in Europe's twentieth century from the Armenian genocide to Auschwitz and Algeria to Bosnia, this pathbreaking volume expands military history to include the realm of sexuality. Examining both stories of consensual romance and of intimate brutality, it also contributes significant new insights to the history of sexuality. Editor(s): Herzog, Dagmar. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFFE1; JHBK5; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285637
- ISBN
- 9780230285637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.39
€ 138.39
Hardcover. This collection of essays looks at Anglo-French relations from the Second World War to the advent of Margaret Thatcher's government in a new light, focusing on the work of Britain's ambassadors to France. In particular, it looks at moves towards deeper European integration, a key theme in twentieth century British foreign policy. Editor(s): Pastor-Castro, Rogelia; Young, John W. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTW; HBWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301559
- ISBN
- 9780230301559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. A wide-ranging new survey of the role of the sea in Britain's global presence in the 19th century. Mostly at peace, but sometimes at war, Britain grew as a maritime empire in the Victorian era. This collection looks at British sea-power as a strategic, moral and cultural force. Editor(s): Taylor, Miles. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB; HBTM; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230303881
- ISBN
- 9780230303881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book illuminates our understanding of what happens when different cultures meet. Twelve cultural historians explore the mechanism and inner dynamic of such encounters, and demonstrate that while they often occur on the wave of global forces and influences, they only acquire meaning locally, where culture inherently resides. Editor(s): Rozbicki, Michal Jan; Ndege, George O. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339972
- ISBN
- 9780230339972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. This volume serves up a combination of broad questions, theoretical approaches, and manifold case studies to explore how people have sought to understand markets and thereby reduce risk, whether they have approached this challenge with a practical view based on their own business acumen or used the tools of scholarship. Editor(s): Berghoff, Hartmut; Scranton, Philip; Spiekermann, Uwe. Series: Worlds of Consumption. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341067
- ISBN
- 9780230341067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Hardcover. The constant flow of people, ideas, and commodities across the Atlantic propelled the development of a public sphere. Chapters explore the multiple ways in which a growing urban consciousness influenced national and international cultural and political intersections. Editor(s): Fay, Elizabeth; Von Morze, Leonard. Series: The New Urban Atlantic. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341401
- ISBN
- 9780230341401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. 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: HBLW; HBTB; JFFS; JHBL; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 218 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230343658
- ISBN
- 9780230343658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Hardcover. This collection of essays focuses Britain's role in global affairs since the Second World War. The essays cover a broad field, from relations with Japan and China, through European and African developments, to defence planning in Whitehall. Editor(s): Young, John W.; Pedaliu, Effie G. H.; Kandiah, Michael D. Series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTW; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230360396
- ISBN
- 9780230360396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. Vietnam precipitated a crisis in national self-confidence and a breakdown in political consensus out of which ideological perspectives - including neo-conservatism - emerged. This book offers perspectives on a defining event in 'the American Century', examining its historical and political significance and also its continuing cultural relevance. Editor(s): Ropert, Jon. Series: Global Conflict and Security Since 1945. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230500426
- ISBN
- 9780230500426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardcover. The legacy of defeat in war reverberates through private and collective memory and remains a sub-text in international relations and political discourse. This book examines the manner in which a series of military defeats have been understood and remembered by individuals and societies in the era of modern industrialised warfare. Editor(s): MacLeod, Jenny. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517400
- ISBN
- 9780230517400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Paperback. 'Luxury in the 18th Century' explores the political, economic, moral and intellectual effects of the production and consumption of luxury goods, and provides a broadly-based account from a variety of perspectives, addressing key themes of economic debate, material culture, the principles of art and taste, luxury as 'female vice' and the exotic. Editor(s): Berg, Maxine; Eger, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517790
- ISBN
- 9780230517790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. In this volume, contributors from a range of perspectives - evolutionary psychology to anthropology, sociology to cognitive and motivational psychology - explore questions of what our attractiveness preferences are and why we find certain others physically attractive, offering a fresh perspective to understanding the perception of attractiveness. Editor(s): Swami, Viren; Furnham, Adrian F. Num Pages: 333 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230521865
- ISBN
- 9780230521865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.59
€ 67.59
Hardcover. This fascinating collection of essays is the first full-length scholarly study of the genesis and influence of Alan Peacock's intellectually radical 'Report of the Committee on Financing the BBC' (1986), which fundamentally altered the principles governing the development of broadcasting policy in the UK. Editor(s): O'Malley, Tom; Jones, Janet. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JFD; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230524743
- ISBN
- 9780230524743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Hardcover. Children and Sexuality probes the hidden relations between children and sexuality in case studies from the Greeks to the Great War. The lives reconstructed here extend from Greek Alcibiades to Lewis Carroll and Baden-Powell, each recounted with scrupulous vigilance to detail and nuance. Editor(s): Rousseau, Professor George S. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 389 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230525269
- ISBN
- 9780230525269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.01
€ 129.01