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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

€ 128.63

Hardcover. Some categorisations of US power have long governed analyses of American foreign policy - concepts such as 'empire', 'decline', 'superpower', 'the Cold War' and 'the War on Terror' - and have led to a distortion that sees US policy measured by broad labels, rather than on its own terms. This fresh new approach seeks to challenge these terms. Editor(s): Sewell, Bevan; Lucas, Scott. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230249899
ISBN
9780230249899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.93

Hardcover. The early Cold War was a period of dramatic change. New superpowers emerged, the European powers were eclipsed, colonial empires tottered. Political leaders everywhere had to make immense adjustments. This volume explores their hopes and fears, their sense of their place in the world and of the constraints under which they laboured. Editor(s): Casey, Steven; Wright, Jonathan. Num Pages: 325 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230249066
ISBN
9780230249066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.51

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

€ 129.29

Hardcover. Bringing together the work of a ground-breaking group of scholars working on the Italian Risorgimento to consider how modern Italian national identity was first conceived and constructed politically, the book makes a timely contribution to current discussions about the role of patriotism and the nature of nationalism in present-day Italy. Editor(s): Patriarca, Silvana; Riall, Lucy. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230248007
ISBN
9780230248007
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.41

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

€ 67.60

Hardcover. Examines forms of cosmopolitanism in the high period of South Asian anti-colonialism, 1890-1947. Essays argue that anti-colonial action stemmed not only from a teleological rush to realize the form of nation-states, but from the speculative aspiration to critique and transcend notions of universalism and the ultimate good brought by British rule. Editor(s): Bose, Sugata; Manjapra, Kris. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FK; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230243378
ISBN
9780230243378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.42

Hardcover. Shows that networks in European integration governance were not a phenomenon that developed in the 1980s out of a 'hollowing out' of the nation-states in the 1970s. Based throughout on newly accessible sources, the authors discuss various networks and show how they contributed to constitutional choices and policy decisions after World War II. Editor(s): Kaiser, Wolfram; Leucht, Brigitte; Gehler, Michael. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLW; JPHC; JPSN2; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414. Governing Europe 1945-83. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. 272 pages, 1 black & white tables. Editor(s): Kaiser, Wolfram; Leucht, Brigitte; Gehler, Michael. Shows that networks in European integration governance were not a phenomenon that developed in the 1980s out of a 'hollowing out' of the nation-states in the 1970s. Based throughout on newly accessible sources, the authors discuss various networks and show how they contributed to constitutional choices and policy decisions after World War II. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLW; JPHC; JPSN2; KCL. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 19. Weight: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230241695
ISBN
9780230241695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.51

Hardcover. Napoleon's conquests were spectacular, but behind his wars, is an enduring legacy. A new generation of historians have re-evaluated the Napoleonic era and found that his real achievement was the creation of modern Europe as we know it. Editor(s): Broers, Michael; Hicks, Peter; Guimera, Agustin. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230241312
ISBN
9780230241312
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.51

Hardcover. Evil and barbarism continue to be associated with the totalitarian 'extremes' of twentieth-century Europe. Addressing domestic and imperial conflicts in modern Britain and beyond, as well as varied forms of representation, this volume explores the inter-relations of evil, atrocity and civilizational prejudice within liberal cultures of governance. Editor(s): Crook, Tom; Gill, Rebecca; Taithe, Bertrand. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230241275
ISBN
9780230241275
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.29

Hardcover. Written by leading scholars in the field, this book provides new insights, based on original research, into the full spectrum of modern Japanese political-religious activity: from the prewar uses of Shinto in shaping the modern imperial nation-state to the postwar 'new religions' that have challenged the power of the political establishment. Editor(s): Starrs, Roy. Num Pages: 347 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230240735
ISBN
9780230240735
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.01

Hardcover. A widespread and still contemporary political phenomenon that exercises a profound effect on societies, settler colonialism structures relationships both historically and culturally diverse. This book assesses the distinctive feature of settler colonialism, and discusses its political, sociological, economic and cultural consequences. Editor(s): Bateman, Fiona; Pilkington, Lionel. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230238770
ISBN
9780230238770
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.29

Hardcover. Historians traditionally claim to be myth-breakers, but national history since the nineteenth century shows quite a record in myth-making. This exciting new volume compares how national historians in Europe have handled the opposing pulls of fact and fiction and shows which narrative strategies have contributed to the success of national histories. Editor(s): Berger, Stefan; Lorenz, Chris. Series: Writing the Nation. Num Pages: 561 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBAH; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 38. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
546
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230237926
ISBN
9780230237926
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.07

Hardcover. This book explores the relationships between European integration and material infrastructures. Taking transnational infrastructures as the focal point of study, the book focuses on the various forms of mediation between the material, institutional and discursive levels of European integration and fragmentation in a truly transnational perspective. Editor(s): Badenoch, Alexander; Fickers, Andreas. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; KCZ; PDR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230232891
ISBN
9780230232891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.69

Hardcover. A pioneering exploration of the phenomenon of the composite state in Eighteenth-century Europe. Employing a comparative approach, it combines the findings of new research on Ireland with broader syntheses of major composite states in Europe -- those of France, Austria and Poland-Lithuania. Editor(s): Hayton, D. W.; Kelly, James; Bergin, John. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLL; JPQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230231597
ISBN
9780230231597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.21

Hardcover. The first book-length study to critically examine the recent wave of Hitler biopics in German cinema and television. A group of international experts discuss films like Downfall in the context of earlier portrayals of Hitler and draw out their implications for the changing place of the Third Reich in the national historical imagination. Editor(s): Machtans, Karolin; Ruehl, Dr. Martin A. Series: The Holocaust and its Contexts. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; APFN; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230229907
ISBN
9780230229907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.27

Hardcover. Russian Bureaucracy and the State provides a rich and innovative assessment of Russian bureaucracy from 1881 to the present. From a variety of disciplinary perspectives, the work assesses the organization, personnel, and practices of officialdom across three different Russian regimes -- tsarist, Soviet and postcommunist. Editor(s): Rowney, Don Karl; Huskey, Eugene. Num Pages: 358 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; JPHC; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230228849
ISBN
9780230228849
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.77

Hardcover. For centuries, African and Irish people have traversed the Atlantic, as slaves, servants, migrants, exiles, political organizers and cultural workers. Their experiences intersected; their cultures influenced one another. These essays explore the connections that have defined the 'Black and Green Atlantic' in culture, politics, race and labour. Editor(s): O'Neill, Peter D.; Lloyd, David. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJD1; HBJH; HBJK; HBLL; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2009th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230228184
ISBN
9780230228184
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.50

Hardcover. This collection of essays provides a series of fresh approaches to a fascinating subject: Jacobitism. The contributors focus on issues of identity and memory among Jacobites in Scotland, Ireland, England and Europe. They examine Jacobitism as an integral aspect of culture and society in the British Isles and beyond during the century after 1688. Editor(s): Monod, Paul Kleber; Pittock, Professor Murray; Szechi, D. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKS; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230222571
ISBN
9780230222571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.21

Hardcover. Clerics in the Middle Ages were subjected to differing ideals of masculinity, both from within the Church and from lay society. The historians in this volume interrogate the meaning of masculine identity for the medieval clergy, by considering a wide range of sources, time periods and geographical contexts. Editor(s): Thibodeaux, Jennifer D. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRAX; JFSJ2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462. Priests, Monks and Masculinity in the Middle Ages. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. 288 pages, 0. Editor(s): Thibodeaux, Jennifer D. Clerics in the Middle Ages were subjected to differing ideals of masculinity, both from within the Church and from lay society. The historians in this volume interrogate the meaning of masculine identity for the medieval clergy, by considering a wide range of sources, time periods and geographical contexts. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRAX; JFSJ2. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 21. Weight: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230222205
ISBN
9780230222205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.15

Hardcover. An examination of population movements, both forced and voluntary, within the broader context of Europe in the aftermath of the Second World War, in both Western and Eastern Europe. The authors bring to life problems of war and post-war chaos, and assess lasting social, political and demographic consequences. Editor(s): Reinisch, Jessica; White, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 379 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JHBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230222045
ISBN
9780230222045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.72

Hardcover. Explains how William Gladstone responded to the 'Irish Question', and in so doing changed the British and Irish political landscape. Religion, land, self-government and nationalism became subjects of intensive political debate, raising issues about the constitution and national identity of the whole United Kingdom. Editor(s): Boyce, D. George; O'Day, Dr. Alan. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230221949
ISBN
9780230221949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.75

Hardcover. Charts the making of colonial spaces in settler colonies of the Pacific Rim during the last two centuries. Contributions journey through time, place and region, and piece together interwoven but discrete studies that illuminate transnational and local experiences - violent, ideological, and cultural - that produced settler-colonial space. Editor(s): Banivanua-Mar, Tracey; Edmonds, Penelope. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MB; 1QRP; HBJM; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230221796
ISBN
9780230221796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.49

Hardcover. How did European imperialism shape the ideas and practices of religion in East and Southeast Asia? Casting Faiths brings together eleven scholars to show how Western law, governance, education and mission shaped the basic understanding of what religion is, and what role it should play in society. Editor(s): DuBois, Thomas David. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FP; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HRAX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230221581
ISBN
9780230221581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.21

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