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Paperback. Explores the many ways in which brutality and killing became central to the French experience and management of empire Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 graph, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 176 x 26. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803220942
- ISBN
- 9780803220942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.18
€ 46.99
€ 42.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJH; HBL; JPA; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 261.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349212897
- ISBN
- 9781349212897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.69
€ 65.69
Paperback. Series: French Politics, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349545155
- ISBN
- 9781349545155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. Underlining the achievements of French emigres, different specialist essays here describe their impact and confirm their importance in contemporary politics, ideology and culture. The emigres were more than refugees, they were active agents in the European struggle against the Revolution. Editor(s): Carpenter, Kirsty. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333744369
- ISBN
- 9780333744369
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.96
€ 127.96
The French Emigres in Europe and the Struggle against Revolution, 1789...
Mansel, Philip. Ed(S): Carpenter, K.
Paperback. Editor(s): Carpenter, K. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349410248
- ISBN
- 9781349410248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.06
€ 138.06
Paperback. This book explores the French Enlightenment's use of cross-cultural comparisons - particularly the figures of the Chinese mandarin and American and Polynesian savage - to praise of critique aspects of European society and to draw general conclusions regarding human nature, natural law, and the rise and decline of civilizations. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349433810
- ISBN
- 9781349433810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 149.87
€ 149.87
Hardcover. Explores key aspects of the rapidly changing political and cultural scene in France from the First Republic, through the Consulate and Empire to the death of Louis XVIII in 1824. It includes chapters on feminism, politics and theatre, elections and plebiscites, revolution and counter-revolution. Editor(s): Cross, Marie; Williams, David, Ph.D. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; HBTV; JFC; JPH; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 497.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333772652
- ISBN
- 9780333772652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. This book explores the origins of the Declaration in the political thought and practice of the preceding three centuries that Tocqueville designated the "Old Regime." Editor(s): Van Kley, Dale. Series: The Making of Modern Freedom Series. Num Pages: 452 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 777.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723558
- ISBN
- 9780804723558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.82
€ 181.82
Hardback. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801449437
- ISBN
- 9780801449437
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.95
€ 84.95
Paperback. France experienced a period of crisis following World War I when the relationship between the nation and its colonies became a subject of fierce public debate. This book focuses on two intersecting movements that redefined imperial politics - colonial humanism, led by administrative reformers in West Africa, and the Paris-based Negritude project. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 180 x 24. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226897684
- ISBN
- 9780226897684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.73
€ 43.99
€ 33.73
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Editions Didier Millet Pty Ltd Singapore
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814260442
- ISBN
- 9789814260442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 37.62
€ 43.99
€ 37.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HB; 3JJP; HBJD; HBJH; HBTR; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847082596
- ISBN
- 9781847082596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. The Seven Years' War was the world's first global conflict, spanning five continents and the critical sea lanes that connected them. Winner of the 2005 France-Ameriques Prize, this book is the account written of the French navy's role in the hostilities. Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series. Num Pages: 472 pages, 5 maps, 12 appendixes, index. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803260245
- ISBN
- 9780803260245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.21
€ 24.99
€ 23.21
Hardback. Editor(s): Smith, Jay M. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271028989
- ISBN
- 9780271028989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.87€ 83.39
€ 99.87
€ 83.39
Paperback. An examination of France's presence in the South Pacific after the takeover of Tahiti. It places the South Pacific in the context of overall French expansion and current theories of colonialism and imperialism and evaluates the French impact on Oceania. Num Pages: 387 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJM; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 387
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349090860
- ISBN
- 9781349090860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Paperback. A fresh biography of Mary Tudor which challenges conventional views of her asa weeping hysteric and love-struck romantic, providing instead the portrait ofa queen who drew on two sources of authority to increase the power of her position: epistolary conventions and the rhetoric of chivalry that imbued the French and English courts." Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 279 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: D; HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349382712
- ISBN
- 9781349382712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. A fresh biography of Mary Tudor which challenges conventional views of her as a weeping hysteric and love-struck romantic, providing instead the portrait of a queen who drew on two sources of authority to increase the power of her position: epistolary conventions and the rhetoric of chivalry that imbued the French and English courts. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 279 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3H; BGR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620308
- ISBN
- 9780230620308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.61
€ 67.61
Paperback. The French Reformation seemed well--placed to succeed: there was a vigorous pre--reform movement, an apparent welcome for the work of French--speaking reformers in many quarters despite severe persecution, and the beginnings of a powerful and well--organized church structure. Yet, French protestantism remained the faith only of a minority. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631145165
- ISBN
- 9780631145165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Hardback. The court of France in the sixteenth century has often been seen merely as a focus of political intrigue and conflict. This book traces its evolution from a nomadic institution to a more sedentary one. It explores the political and cultural importance of the French court through seven reigns from Charles VIII to Henry III. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 167 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1176.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300118513
- ISBN
- 9780300118513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.64
€ 43.99
€ 31.64
paperback. Charts the French Revolution from its beginnings at an impromptu meeting on an indoor tennis court at Versailles in 1789, right through to the 'coup d'etat' that brought Napoleon to power ten years later. This book explains the drama and complexities of this era. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140049459
- ISBN
- 9780140049459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.45
€ 17.99
€ 13.45