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Paperback. Peacekeeping operations have become a central issue in international relations since the end of the Cold War. This work underlines the mixture of defensive and offensive stimuli driving Russian 'peacekeeping' strategies, and highlights the dangers that the new Russian Federation faces in undertaking these operations. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349410316
- ISBN
- 9781349410316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Following his earlier surveys of 19th and 20th Century British Prime Ministers, Dick Leonard turns his attention to their 18th Century predecessors, including such major figures as Robert Walpole, the Elder Pitt (Lord Chatham), Lord North and the Younger Pitt. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284784
- ISBN
- 9780230284784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Over the long eighteenth century English governance was transformed by large adjustments to the legal instruments and processes of power. This book documents and analyses these shifts and focuses upon the changing relations between legal authority and the English people. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLL; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137506955
- ISBN
- 9781137506955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.48
€ 60.48
paperback. Editor(s): Wilson, D. L. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691607504
- ISBN
- 9780691607504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.20
€ 52.99
€ 38.20
Hardcover. Discusses models of gesture and non-verbal communication and apply them to Greek and Roman culture, literature and art. This title covers such topics as dress and costume in the Homeric poems; the importance of looking, eye-contact, and face-to-face orientation in Greek society; and, the construction of facial expression in Greek and Roman epic. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; GTC; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125012
- ISBN
- 9781905125012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.73
€ 78.73
Paperback. This groundbreaking contribution to Cold War scholarship established that there was a significant religious dimension to the Cold War and that it mattered. These essays are profound explorations of the longstanding and varied relationships of religious institutions with temporal power, which is sustained by claims to command life's purpose. Editor(s): Kirby, Dianne. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; HRAM2; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137339430
- ISBN
- 9781137339430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 139.11
€ 139.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349348640
- ISBN
- 9781349348640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. This book narrates and analyzes the southern tours that Booker T. Washington and his associates undertook in 1908-1912, relating them to Washington's racial philosophy and its impact on the various parts of black society. Num Pages: 260 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621381
- ISBN
- 9780230621381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Reveals that the realities of British politics before 1914 were more complex and rather different from the whiggish stereotypes about New Liberalism, and the rise of labour and class politics which have dominated our understanding of late Edwardian Britain. Num Pages: 300 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846311987
- ISBN
- 9781846311987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.29
€ 72.29
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 112 b/w photos & maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764348389
- ISBN
- 9780764348389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 28.63
€ 42.99
€ 28.63
Paperback. * Organised around a narrative and geographical structure. * Covers the history of Britain and Ireland as well as continental Europe. * Contains illustrations, maps and other supporting material. * Examines cultural as well as political and social history. . Series: Blackwell History of Europe. Num Pages: 496 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631205135
- ISBN
- 9780631205135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.69
€ 47.69
Hardback. This work presents a narrative history of Europe, including Britain and Ireland, from the end of the 16th century to the Treaty of Nystadt in 1721. It is organized around geographical regions, paying as much attention to northern and eastern Europe, as to western and southern. Series: Blackwell History of Europe. Num Pages: 496 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631205128
- ISBN
- 9780631205128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.54
€ 158.54
Paperback. This reference is a guide to a full understanding of the complicated history of Eastern Europe. Addressing the need for a comprehensive map collection for reference and classroom use, the volume includes 52 full page maps which are each accompanied by a facing page of explanatory text. Num Pages: 138 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBTP; JP; RGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 190 x 10. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312239855
- ISBN
- 9780312239855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.68
€ 126.68
Hardcover. This reference contains 50 colour full-page maps and extensive explanatory text to explore the often complicated and war-torn history of the Balkans. The maps not only illustrate the area's physical geography, but also the political development and key moments in Balkans history. Num Pages: 136 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVW; HBJD; HBTP; JP; RGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 453.
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312239619
- ISBN
- 9780312239619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.05
€ 183.05
Paperback. This book examines the ways in which usury was perceived and portrayed as it rose to popularity in Renaissance England, taking into account the works of key literary figures of this period, including Milton and Shakespeare. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD1; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349379781
- ISBN
- 9781349379781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book explores the French Enlightenment's use of cross-cultural comparisons - particularly the figures of the Chinese mandarin and American and Polynesian savage - to praise of critique aspects of European society and to draw general conclusions regarding human nature, natural law, and the rise and decline of civilizations. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349433810
- ISBN
- 9781349433810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 149.87
€ 149.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPA; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349296149
- ISBN
- 9781349296149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book traces the history of Ireland from the Catholic Emancipation of 1829 to the establishment of the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland in 1922. The book argues that partition was the only way of limiting civil war in a country where democracy was inextricably linked to sectarianism. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631172833
- ISBN
- 9780631172833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333712610
- ISBN
- 9780333712610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.29€ 46.96
€ 129.29
€ 46.96
Hardback. This work sets out to examine Victorian anti-Catholicism in a much fuller and more inclusive context, accounting for its persistence over time, disguishing it from anti-Irish sentiment, and explaining its social, economic, political, and religious bases locally as well as nationally. Num Pages: 348 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804719841
- ISBN
- 9780804719841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.28
€ 94.28
Hardback. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442215566
- ISBN
- 9781442215566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.14
€ 124.14
Hardback. Telling the story of the introduction of Christianity to a provincial region in China where European missionaries shared the poverty and isolation of their Chinese flocks, this text shows the influence that the missionaries had in Shandong in matters of spirit and flesh. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HRCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511637
- ISBN
- 9780742511637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.14
€ 184.14
Paperback. Series: Critical Issues in World and International History. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442219762
- ISBN
- 9781442219762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.68
€ 58.68
Paperback. This fascinating new biography tells the story of one of the most influential figures of the twelfth century, Eleanor of Aquitaine, successively queen of France and of England. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631201014
- ISBN
- 9780631201014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.89
€ 57.89