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Regional & national history
Paperback. Using primary source information, including interviews with the key decision-makers, this is an examination of the process leading to the British decision in 1966 to abandon its 127 year old military presence in Aden and thereby begin its retreat from East of Suez. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349216758
- ISBN
- 9781349216758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Hardcover. After 1945, Britain maintained a chain of overseas military outposts stretching from the Suez Canal to Singapore. This study provides an explanation of the decision to abandon these bases and offers insights into the processes of foreign policy change and the decline of great powers. Series: Contemporary History in Context S. Num Pages: 248 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPH; JPQB; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1998th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333695265
- ISBN
- 9780333695265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. The familiar image of the British in the Second World War is that of the plucky underdog taking on German might. This title shows the conflict in a new light, with Britain as a very wealthy country, formidable in arms, ruthless in pursuit of its interests and sitting at the heart of a global production system. Num Pages: 464 pages, 8pp colour, 16pp b&w. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141026107
- ISBN
- 9780141026107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJF; HBL; JPSD; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349276387
- ISBN
- 9781349276387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
paperback. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141026916
- ISBN
- 9780141026916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.46
€ 19.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. Britain's Rottenest Years is not just a bad news story. It is a fantastically readable leapfrog through British history which takes us, via the interesting bits, from the misery of the Roman invasion of AD60 (when 50,000 Roman thugs invaded) to the Thatcherite year of discontent of 1981. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906021580
- ISBN
- 9781906021580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 243 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPS; JPWL; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403917799
- ISBN
- 9781403917799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Hardback. This is a major contribution to scholarly debates on the chronology and nature of secularization in modern Britain. Combining historical and social scientific insights, it analyses a range of statistical evidence for the 'long 1950s', testing (and largely rejecting) Callum Brown's claims that there was a religious resurgence during this period. Series: Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLW3; HRCX6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 347.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137512529
- ISBN
- 9781137512529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.29
€ 77.29
Hardcover. Britain's Imperial Muse explores the classics' contribution to British imperialism and to the experience of empire in India through the long 19th century. It reveals the classics role as a foundational source for positive conceptions of empire and a rhetorical arsenal used by commentators to justify conquest and domination, especially of India. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230278615
- ISBN
- 9780230278615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Paperback. Britain's Imperial Muse explores the classics' contribution to British imperialism and to the experience of empire in India through the long 19th century. It reveals the classics role as a foundational source for positive conceptions of empire and a rhetorical arsenal used by commentators to justify conquest and domination, especially of India. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349326433
- ISBN
- 9781349326433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Paperback. This look at British activity in the 19th century analyses: the high political concerns of strategy and international geopolitics, economic dimension, missionary activity, racial attitudes, and a wide range of cultural aspects, including sport and the pursuit of sexual opportunity. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, tables, maps, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QFC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333993118
- ISBN
- 9780333993118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.34
€ 78.34
Hardcover. Num Pages: 260 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJF1; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 241 x 34. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Vallentine Mitchell
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910383216
- ISBN
- 9781910383216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.37
€ 111.37
Paperback. This volume is the first major account for nearly fifty years to critically re-assess Labour's first period in office in terms of domestic, foreign and imperial policy. It draws on a wide range of private papers and official sources and reconstructs the history of this forgotten government in the broader social and political context of the 1920s. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311863
- ISBN
- 9781137311863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349223510
- ISBN
- 9781349223510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.12
€ 127.12
Hardcover. Examines Britain's recognition of the newly established Peoples' Republic of China in 1950 and the developments leading to the establishment of formal Anglo-Chinese diplomatic relations in 1954. The importance of the USA in Anglo-Chinese relations is also highlighted by this study. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333548967
- ISBN
- 9780333548967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.08
€ 128.08
Hardback. A study examining the relationship which existed between Japan and Britain during the Meiji, or "Enlightenment" era of 1868-1912 in Japan. The author argues that the British influence on trade, education and military and political policies laid the foundations for Japan's industrial greatness. Num Pages: 379 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 379
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333483466
- ISBN
- 9780333483466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.32
€ 195.32
Hardcover. They were Britain's Second World War 'Band of Brothers', a secret army of fifty handpicked, cross-Channel raiders who carried the fight to the enemy shore long before D-Day. Created Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752489902
- ISBN
- 9780752489902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.82
€ 25.99
€ 22.82
Paperback. This volume provides a balanced historical analysis of the Thatcher years and their consequences in the light of the miners' strike, unfavourable relations with Europe, the poll tax and the Falklands War. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 160 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582317147
- ISBN
- 9780582317147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
Paperback. From the 1917 Revolution, British Governments struggled to find a basis for relations with the Soviet state. A former British Ambassador to Moscow analyzes the course of the relationship, sets it against the background of relations with Imperial Russia and examines future prospects. Num Pages: 413 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333719572
- ISBN
- 9780333719572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Paperback. This volume offers an overview of Britain's development since the end of World War II. The book draws together the themes that have dominated discussion amongst scholars and media commentators, and provides a useful introduction for students of contemporary British history, politics and society. Editor(s): Hollowell, Jonathan. Series: Making Contemporary Britain. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 37. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631209683
- ISBN
- 9780631209683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.60
€ 56.60
Paperback. A new political history of modern Britain - entertaining, instructive and thought-provoking. Num Pages: 496 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 37. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- PHOENIX
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753826065
- ISBN
- 9780753826065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 390 pages, 78 black & white illustrations, 78 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 18. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415506601
- ISBN
- 9780415506601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.00
€ 59.00
paperback. A study of the circumstances leading to British intervention in Vietnam in 1945, and the course and consequences of this intervention. It links French colonialism with the native communist insurgency, while examining British and Foreign Office attitudes towards French Indochina. Series: Military History and Policy. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415487474
- ISBN
- 9780415487474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.55
€ 80.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 692 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 38. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 692
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226319704
- ISBN
- 9780226319704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.65€ 55.72
€ 64.65
€ 55.72