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Paperback. Alively collection of essays on the cultures of nineteenth and twentieth-century Britain. Topics range from prostitution and slavery to the effect of war on fashion magazine reporting to inter-racial marriage in the postwar years. Particular areas of focus include the Second World War, its legacies and the reactions to postwar decolonization." Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356126
- ISBN
- 9781349356126
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Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Paperback. This book presents a comprehensive view of the political, socio-economic and diplomatic transformations that shaped post-war France (1944-47). Editor(s): Knapp, A. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBWQ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356140
- ISBN
- 9781349356140
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Condition: New
€ 66.30
€ 66.30
Stalin's Cold War: Soviet Foreign Policy, Democracy and Communism in B...
Vesselin (The London School Of Economics And ...
paperback. This book presents an original and in-depth study of Stalin's policy at the birth of the Cold War, based on new archival documents. Series: Global Conflict and Security Since 1945. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBJD; HBL; JPA; JPHV; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356263
- ISBN
- 9781349356263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. The greatest threat to Western unity in the 1960s came not from a communist enemy but from an ally: France. De Gaulle challenged the dominance of the US by bringing crises to the EEC and NATO and seeking detente with the Soviet bloc. As this book shows, the US and Britain cooperated successfully to ensure that his plans did not prosper." Series: Global Conflict and Security Since 1945. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBJK; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356874
- ISBN
- 9781349356874
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Condition: New
€ 66.30
€ 66.30
Paperback. A study of homoerotic life on board ships in the Royal Navy in the age of fighting sail. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBL; HBW; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357031
- ISBN
- 9781349357031
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Condition: New
€ 138.78
€ 138.78
Paperback. This book is a history of reading in the British Isles from 1695-1870 that focuses on "common" rather than professional readers and which explores a range of previously undervalued sources. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357574
- ISBN
- 9781349357574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Paperback. This volume presents the fully annotated text of James Mackintosh's "Vindiciae Gallicae" (1791), with an extensive editor's introduction, and an appendix that includes the significant substantive revisions that Mackintosh made to "Vindiciae Gallicae" in the late summer of 1791." Editor(s): Garratt, Edmund. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD; HBJD1; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- A Critical ed
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357598
- ISBN
- 9781349357598
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Condition: New
€ 65.98
€ 65.98
paperback. Through close examination of dozens of electoral contests in carefully chosen constituencies, the author demonstrates that the fundamental division separating the burgeoning liberal and conservative parties in England in the 1830s and 1840s was religion, and that this controversy was what created a perceptible two-party system in British politics. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HRAX; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- SKU
- V9781349357611
- ISBN
- 9781349357611
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Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
paperback. This book surveys more than 200 plays about the First World War that were written, published and/or performed in Britain and Ireland between 1909 and 1998. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBF; DSBH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357802
- ISBN
- 9781349357802
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Examines the political development of Portugal between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries.Taking place amid the struggle between Christendom and the Islamic world for control over the Iberian Peninsula, the formation of Portugal also depended on the growing European influence felt throughout the peninsula during these centuries." Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357864
- ISBN
- 9781349357864
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Condition: New
€ 194.05
€ 194.05
Paperback. The first systematic study of the concept of shame from 1600-1900, showing good and bad behaviour, morality and perceptions of crime in British society at large. Single episodes in the history of shame are contextualized by discussing the historiography and theory of shame and their implications for the history of crime and social relations. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357949
- ISBN
- 9781349357949
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Condition: New
€ 66.13
€ 66.13
Paperback. This book examines financial and administrative reform in Britain, 1779-88, growing out of failure in the War of American Independence. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; KCP; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357963
- ISBN
- 9781349357963
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Condition: New
€ 66.40
€ 66.40
Paperback. This book is a scholarly examination of the relationship between sacramental controversy and dramatic production in sixteenth-century England. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; HBJD; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349358489
- ISBN
- 9781349358489
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Condition: New
€ 65.58
€ 65.58
Paperback. Exploring aspects of Irish medical history, from the nature and proposed remedies for various illnesses in eighteenth century Ireland, to the treatment of influenza in twentieth-century Ireland, this book shows how the cultures of medical care evolved over three centuries. Editor(s): Cox, C.; Luddy, Maria. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349358540
- ISBN
- 9781349358540
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Condition: New
€ 66.25
€ 66.25
Paperback. For millennia, war was viewed as a supreme test. In the period 1750-1850 war became much more than a test: it became a secular revelation. This new understanding of war as revelation completely transformed Western war culture, revolutionizing politics, the personal experience of war, the status of common soldiers, and the tenets of military theory. Num Pages: 401 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBTB; HBTQ; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 401
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349358670
- ISBN
- 9781349358670
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Condition: New
€ 194.44
€ 194.44
Paperback. Stressing the relationship between tsarism's service-state ethos and its utilization of subjects, this study argues that economic and political, rather than judicial or penological, factors primarily conditioned Siberian exile's growth and development. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBJD; HBL; JKV; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349358694
- ISBN
- 9781349358694
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Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBTB; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349358731
- ISBN
- 9781349358731
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Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Paperback. This book looks ahead to consider the most likely results of the encounter between China and the international system.Environmental, cultural and perceptual matters are considered as well as more traditional economic and military issues. Underpinning the book is the question will the 21st century be 'China's Century', for China and the world?" Series: Global issues series. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HBJF; JFC; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349358823
- ISBN
- 9781349358823
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Condition: New
€ 65.94
€ 65.94
Paperback. Against conventional views of the unchallenged hegemony of a modernizing monarchy, this book argues that power was continuously contested in Riza Shah's Iran. Croninexcavates the successive challenges to Riza Shah's regime posed by a range of subaltern social groups and seeks to restore to these groups a sense of their historical agency." Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBL; HBTB; HBW; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349359530
- ISBN
- 9781349359530
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Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Paperback. Editor(s): Schwarzkopf, Stefan; Gries, Rainer. Num Pages: 305 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJK; HBL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349359554
- ISBN
- 9781349359554
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Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Paperback. In 2010 the Conservative Party returned to office after over a decade of largely ineffective opposition to New Labour. This book explains why it took so long to recover, and why the party was unable to win an overall majority despite the charismatic leadership of David Cameron. It covers all aspects of Conservative Party politics since 1997. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; JPA; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349359950
- ISBN
- 9781349359950
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Condition: New
€ 66.18
€ 66.18
Paperback. Rabies was a constant threat in Victorian Britain and gripped popular imagination, not least because its human form, hydrophobia, produced a vile death with the mind and body out of control. This book explores the changing understanding of rabies amongst veterinarians, animal welfare campaigners, state officials, politicians and the public. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349359981
- ISBN
- 9781349359981
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Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
Paperback. This book offers a detailed examination of the living arrangements and material circumstances of the poor betweeen 1650 and 1850.Chapters investigate poor households in urban, rural and metropolitan contexts, and contribute to wider investigations into British economic and social conditions in the long Eighteenth century." Editor(s): McEwan, J.; Sharpe, Pamela. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349360000
- ISBN
- 9781349360000
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Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. Hua Guofeng succeeded Mao in 1976, emerging almost out of nowhere following an unexceptional career in Shanxi and Hunan. In just over two years, Hua had been eclipsed by Deng Xiaoping, a more politically shrewd, progressive and charismatic figure. If Hua's rise to power was remarkable, then this fall was even more so. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349360024
- ISBN
- 9781349360024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.80
€ 65.80