Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Hardcover. This study of modernism's high imperial, occult-exotic affiliations presents many well-known figures from the period 1880-1960 in a new light. Modernism and the Occult traces the history of modernist engagement with 'irregular', heterodox and imported knowledge. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 314.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137465771
- ISBN
- 9781137465771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.70
€ 126.70
Hardback. Editor(s): Crook, Tom; Esbester, Mike. Num Pages: 329 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137467447
- ISBN
- 9781137467447
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Condition: New
€ 117.15
€ 117.15
Hardcover. Johnson provides an historically rich examination of the intersection of early twentieth-century imperial culture, imperial politics, and imperial economics as reflected in the colonial built environment at New Delhi, a remarkably ambitious imperial capital built by the British between 1911 and 1931. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 colour tables, 3 maps, 5 black & white halftones, 2 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137469861
- ISBN
- 9781137469861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. Art and literature during the European fin-de-siecle period often manifested themes of degeneration and decay, both of bodies and civilizations, as well as illness, bizarre sexuality, and general morbidity. This collection explores these topics in relation to artists and writers as diverse as Oscar Wilde, August Strindberg, and Aubrey Beardsley. Editor(s): Walsh, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 293 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; ACV; DSBF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137470881
- ISBN
- 9781137470881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.92
€ 160.92
Hardcover. Masculinity, Class and Same-Sex Desire in Industrial England, 1895-1957 explores the experiences of men who desired other men outside of the capital. In doing so, it offers a unique intervention into the history of sexuality but it also offers new ways to understand masculinity, working-class culture, regionality and work in the period. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 black & white halftones, 11 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137470980
- ISBN
- 9781137470980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.95
€ 138.95
hardcover. Through a rich foray into popular literary culture and medical history, this book investigates representations of regular and irregular medical practice in early modern England, exploring what it meant to the early modern population for a group of practitioners to be associated with both the trade guilds and an emerging professional medical world. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 495.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471550
- ISBN
- 9781137471550
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Condition: New
€ 116.88
€ 116.88
Hardback. This study seeks to explain the impact of historical narratives on the inclusiveness and pluralism of citizenship models. Drawing on comparative historical analysis of two post-imperial core countries, Turkey and Austria, it explores how narrative forms operate to support or constrain citizenship models. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DVT; HBJD; HBTQ; JPB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137473653
- ISBN
- 9781137473653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Hardcover. No study has been carried out examining the gnostic undercurrents in medieval England. For the first time, Natanela Elias investigates the existence of these gnostic traces, using prominent late medieval English literary works such as Piers Plowman and Confessio Amantis and ultimately shedding light on a previously overlooked religious dimension. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137474766
- ISBN
- 9781137474766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardback. This book studies the growth and reconstriuction of the Spanish fiscal-military state. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137478658
- ISBN
- 9781137478658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.63
€ 184.63
Hardcover. This history of the 'Torrid Zone' offers a comprehensive and powerfully rich exploration of the 17th century Anglophone Atlantic world, overturning British and American historiographies and offering instead a vernacular history that skillfully negotiates diverse locations, periodizations, and the fraught waters of ethnicity and gender. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 572.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137479990
- ISBN
- 9781137479990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Hardcover. European unity is a dream that has appealed to the imagination since the Middle Ages. Its motives have varied from a longing for peace to a deep-rooted abhorrence of diversity, as well as a yearning to maintain Europe's colonial dominance. This book offers a multifaceted history that takes in account the European imagination in a global context. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; GTJ; HBJD; HBTP; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137480460
- ISBN
- 9781137480460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardback. In the context of their war experience in the First World War, the changes and developments of the Executive branch of the Royal Navy between the world wars are examined and how these made them fit for the test of the Second World War are critically assessed. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 black & white halftones, 2 graphs, 8 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBW; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137481955
- ISBN
- 9781137481955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.13
€ 118.13
Hardback. During the Zimbabwean struggle for independence, the settler regime imprisoned numerous activists and others it suspected of being aligned with the guerrillas. This book is the first to look closely at the histories and lived experiences of these political detainees and prisoners, showing how they challenged and negotiated their incarceration. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR; JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137482716
- ISBN
- 9781137482716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.41
€ 67.41
What's New about the "New" Immigration?: Traditions and Transformation...
Halter, Marilyn, Johnson, Marilynn S., Viens,...
Hardcover. Historians commonly point to the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act as the inception of a new chapter in the story of American immigration. This wide-ranging interdisciplinary volume brings together scholars from varied disciplines to consider what is genuinely new about this period. Editor(s): Stachura, Peter D. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFN; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137483867
- ISBN
- 9781137483867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback. This book looks at how China and India's growing interests in Central Asia disrupt the traditional Russia-U.S. "Great Game" at the heart of the old continent. In the years to come, both Asian powers are looking to redeploy their rivalry on the Central Asian and Afghan theatres on a geopolitical, but also political and economic level. Editor(s): Huchet, Jean-Francois; Balci, Bayram. Series: CERI Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; HBJF; JPB; JPF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137484086
- ISBN
- 9781137484086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBFT; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJM; HBTQ; HBTZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 411.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137484420
- ISBN
- 9781137484420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.28
€ 116.28
Hardcover. Ionescu examines the process of economic Romanianization of Bucharest during the Antonescu regime that targeted the property, jobs, and businesses of local Jews and Roma/Gypsies and their legal resistance strategies to such an unjust policy. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JFSL; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137484581
- ISBN
- 9781137484581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. This book is a 'hidden' history of Bletchley Park during the Second World War, which explores the agency from a social and gendered perspective. It examines themes such as: the experience of wartime staff members; the town in which the agency was situated; and the cultural influences on the wartime evolution of the agency. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 black & white tables, 2 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBKESU; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137484925
- ISBN
- 9781137484925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. In the 19th century, both Italy and the US were young countries pursuing liberal nationalism even as unity was threatened by a recalcitrant southern population. This nuanced analysis of abolitionism and Italian democratic nationalism, Lincoln and Cavour, and the nation's two civil wars provides powerful new insights into their histories. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485427
- ISBN
- 9781137485427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.35
€ 67.35
Hardcover. This book explores the historiography, ports, and peoples of the Persian Gulf over the past two centuries, offering a more inclusive history of the region than previously available. Restoring the history of minority communities which until now have been silenced, the book provides a corrective to the 'official story' put forward by modern states. Editor(s): Potter, Lawrence G. Num Pages: 404 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; HBJF1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485762
- ISBN
- 9781137485762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.65
€ 128.65
Hardcover. Showcasing French participation in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution, this book shows the French army at the heart of revolutionary, social, and cultural change. Osman argues that efforts to transform the French army into a citizen army before 1789 prompted and helped shape the French Revolution. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JF; HBJD; HBJK; HBTV2; HBWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137486233
- ISBN
- 9781137486233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. This carefully researched history draws on archival sources as well as a wealth of new interviews with on-the-ground activists, political actors, international figures, and others to move beyond the narratives-both the German and American varieties-that have dominated the historical memory of German reunification. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 432 pages, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137488701
- ISBN
- 9781137488701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.08
€ 69.08
Hardcover. Jean Gerson and Gender examines the deployment of gendered rhetoric by the influential late medieval politically active theologian, Jean Gerson (1363-1429), as a means of understanding his reputation for political neutrality, the role played by royal women in the French royal court, and the rise of the European witch hunts. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRCM; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137488824
- ISBN
- 9781137488824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. This book explores the continuous British fascination with the American Civil War from the 1870s to the present. Analysing the War's place in British political discourse, military writing, intellectual life and popular culture, it traces the sources of Britons' appeal to the American conflict and their use of its representations at home and abroad. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137489258
- ISBN
- 9781137489258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95