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Regional & national history
Paperback. This book addresses the Lusophone Black Atlantic as a space of historical and cultural production between Portugal, Brazil, and Africa. The authors demonstrate how it has been shaped by diverse colonial cultures including the Portuguese imperial project. The Lusophone context offers a unique perspective on the history of the Atlantic. Editor(s): Naro, Nancy Priscilla; Sansi Roca, Roger; Treece, David H. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 266 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349370030
- ISBN
- 9781349370030
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Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Paperback. This book examines the lost voices of returning World War II veterans in the immediate postwar years and shows how the developing Cold War silenced or altered dissenting opinions that many vets expressed upon their return. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; HBW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349370191
- ISBN
- 9781349370191
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Condition: New
€ 61.67
€ 61.67
Paperback. This book argues that while pain is an irreducible neuro-physiological phenomenon, how pain is experienced is powerfully inflected by language and culture. Using Second Empire France after Napoleon III's seizure of power as a particularly revealing time of re-acculturation, it elaborates on the "culture of denial." Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBJD; HBTB; JMH; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 261.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349370245
- ISBN
- 9781349370245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Paperback. In this book, Faber assesses the long-term impact of the Spanish Civil War on Hispanic Studies as an academic field in the United States and Great Britain. Combining institutional history with biography, the book gives a compelling account of the dilemmas that the war posed for four Hispanists who turned their love of Spain into their life's work. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJD; HBJK; HBL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349370337
- ISBN
- 9781349370337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. The focus of this book is on Pan-Asianism as a propeller behind Japan's expansionist policies from the Manchurian Incident in 1931 until the end of the Pacific War in 1945. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF; HBW; HBWQ; JFC; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349370580
- ISBN
- 9781349370580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 149.65
€ 149.65
paperback. When collective memory is a source of national debate, the public representation of history quickly becomes a locus of controversy and ideological struggle.This work shows how French film has allowed for a public airing of current concerns through the lens of memory's recreations of the Occupation. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; HBJD; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349370702
- ISBN
- 9781349370702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.72
€ 128.72
Paperback. Originally published: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913 as: England in 1815 as seen by a young Boston merchant. Editor(s): Rauch, A. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; HBJD1; HBJK; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349370801
- ISBN
- 9781349370801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.67
€ 61.67
Paperback. This book critically examines the origins of American diplomacy in the greater Persian Gulf region, arguing that it was the inability of the United States to contend effectively with the disintegration of British imperial authority in the Gulf that eventually led it to assume its current role in the region. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBJF; HBJK; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349370825
- ISBN
- 9781349370825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. The book describes how Botswana's leaders effectively employed the instruments of power at their disposal, portraying a state that works. It argues that Africans are contributing meaningfully to emerging global thinking on security and urges Africa's friends to take advantage of opportunities for productive partnerships over environmental issues. Series: Initiatives in Strategic Studies: Issues and Policies. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; JPA; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349370870
- ISBN
- 9781349370870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.67
€ 61.67
Paperback. Piero Gobetti was a radical liberal and critic of Italian politics in the years after World War I, he proposed 'revolutionary liberalism', which guided his opposition to Fascism and inspired key figures in the Italian Resistance. Accessible but critical, this volume is offers a balanced assessment of his enduring significance." Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349371051
- ISBN
- 9781349371051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.51
€ 61.51
Paperback. This book interrogates our ideas about heterosexuality through examination of medieval romance narratives. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349371112
- ISBN
- 9781349371112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBJD1; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349371358
- ISBN
- 9781349371358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
paperback. By the end of the 1980s, many Americans looked at the state of the nation with a renewed optimism, which was personified by an enduring American president - Ronald Wilson Reagan. The essays in this volume revisit the 1980s in order to examine the factors that contributed tohis political and cultural triumphs andassess hislegacy." Editor(s): Hudson, C. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- SKU
- V9781349371471
- ISBN
- 9781349371471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 139.51
€ 139.51
Paperback. This book traces representations of "Gypsies" that have become prevalent in the European imagination and culture and influenced the perceptions of Roma in Eastern and Western European societies. Editor(s): Glajar, Valentina; Radulescu, Domnica. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 269 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HBJ; HBJD; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349371549
- ISBN
- 9781349371549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Paperback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349371587
- ISBN
- 9781349371587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
paperback. This is an account of the roles of local and national movements, and of memory and regret in the destruction or preservation of the architectural, artistic, and historic legacy of Europe in which the author examines what is cultural heritage and why it matters. Num Pages: 282 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JF; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- SKU
- V9781349371624
- ISBN
- 9781349371624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Urban Education. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; JNB; JNF; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349371709
- ISBN
- 9781349371709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 42.88
€ 54.99
€ 42.88
Paperback. Shlapentokh asserts that asocial behavior in both medieval France and the contemporary West is not a marginal occurrence but rather a mainstream phenomena, and one that can often be stopped by strong force as the only antidote to social chaos. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; JHB; JKV; JPA; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349371754
- ISBN
- 9781349371754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. The book examines how globalization is altering the structure of the extremely foreign trade-dependent Caribbean economies. It treats these small economies together as a single economy by focusing on their common features. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; DS; HBJD1; JFSJ; KCM; KJJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349371846
- ISBN
- 9781349371846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. This book traces the progression of cosmopolitanism from the private experience of a group of artists and intellectuals who lived and worked in Boston between 1865 and 1915 to finished works of monumental art that shaped public space. Num Pages: 287 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349371860
- ISBN
- 9781349371860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54