Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Hardcover. Focusing on Central Europe, the volume proposes a new paradigm of how culture works, based on a model of "inhabited ruins" as a space where contradictory elements come together into continually renewed and frequently paradoxical configurations. Examines art, architecture, literature and music. Editor(s): Gafijczuk, Dariusz; Sayer, Derek. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137305855
- ISBN
- 9781137305855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Hardcover. This study examines representations of early modern female consorts and regnants via extra-literary emblematics such as paintings, jewelry, miniature portraits, carvings, placards, masques, funerary monuments, and imprese. Editor(s): Barrett-Graves, Debra. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137303097
- ISBN
- 9781137303097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. Finland's Holocaust considers antisemitism and the figure of the Holocaust in today's Finland. Taking up a range of issues - from cultural history, folklore, and sports, to the interpretation of military and national history - this collection examines how the writing of history has engaged and evaded the figure of the Holocaust. Editor(s): Muir, Simo; Worthen, Hana. Series: The Holocaust and its Contexts. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137302649
- ISBN
- 9781137302649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.54
€ 119.54
Hardcover. Taking a comparative approach and bringing together perspectives from Japan, China, Korea, and Taiwan, this volume considers former Japanese prime minister Tomiichi Murayama's 1995 apology statement, the height of Japan's post-war apology, and examines its implications for memory, international relations, and reconciliation in Asia. Editor(s): Togo, Kazuhiko. Num Pages: 128 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBJF; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137301222
- ISBN
- 9781137301222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.11
€ 77.11
Hardcover. Contributors argue that the last hundred years have seen the way Europe imagines Natives shifting from exoticism to outright fantasy, mirroring the changing European perception of America itself. Editor(s): Mackay, James; Stirrup, David. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 265 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137288813
- ISBN
- 9781137288813
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Hardcover. A period of great change for Europe, the thirteenth-century was a time of both animosity and intimacy for Jewish and Christian communities. In this wide-ranging collection, scholars discuss the changing paradigms in the research and history of Jews and Christians in medieval Europe, discussing law, scholarly pursuits, art, culture, and poetry. Editor(s): Baumgarten, Elisheva; Galinsky, Judah D. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137287199
- ISBN
- 9781137287199
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Condition: New
€ 108.97
€ 108.97
Hardcover. This collection uses Theodore Roosevelt to form a fresh approach to the history of US and European relations, arguing that the best place to look for the origins of the modern transatlantic relationship is in Roosevelt's life and career. Editor(s): Krabbendam, Hans; Thompson, John M. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137286482
- ISBN
- 9781137286482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.23
€ 62.23
Paperback. This groundbreaking volume examines the transnational dimensions of Black Power - how Black Power thinkers and activists drew on foreign movements and vice versa how individuals and groups in other parts of the world interpreted 'Black Power,' from African liberation movements to anti-caste agitation in India to indigenous protests in New Zealand. Editor(s): Slate, Nico. Series: Contemporary Black History. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- y First edition
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137285065
- ISBN
- 9781137285065
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Condition: New
€ 139.70
€ 139.70
Hardcover. This groundbreaking volume examines the transnational dimensions of Black Power - how Black Power thinkers and activists drew on foreign movements and vice versa how individuals and groups in other parts of the world interpreted 'Black Power,' from African liberation movements to anti-caste agitation in India to indigenous protests in New Zealand. Editor(s): Slate, Nico. Series: Contemporary Black History. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137285058
- ISBN
- 9781137285058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.56
€ 129.56
Paperback. Children and Sexuality probes the hidden relations between children and sexuality in case studies from the Greeks to the Great War. The lives reconstructed here extend from Greek Alcibiades to Lewis Carroll and Baden-Powell, each recounted with scrupulous vigilance to detail and nuance. Editor(s): Rousseau, George. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 389 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JFSP1; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281777
- ISBN
- 9781137281777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.70
€ 129.70
Hardcover. Charting the growing religious pluralism of British society, this book investigates the diverse formations of masculinity within and across specific religions, regions and immigrant communities. Contributors look beyond conventional realms of worship to examine men's diverse religious cultures in a variety of contexts. Editor(s): Delap, Lucy; Morgan, Sue. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281746
- ISBN
- 9781137281746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Hardcover. The death of Philip Gould, former Labour Party Communications Director, in 2011 deprived Britain of one of its most acute and well-respected political minds. In this book his friends and colleagues including David Miliband and Lord Mandelson discuss his life from his early years in the Labour Party to his ultimately doomed fight against cancer. Editor(s): Kavanagh, Dennis. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281128
- ISBN
- 9781137281128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.16
€ 52.16
Hardcover. This book critically analyses the 2011 intervention in Libya arguing that the manner in which the intervention was sanctioned, prosecuted and justified has a number of troubling implications for the both the future of humanitarian intervention and international peace and security. Editor(s): Hehir, Aidan; Murray, Robert. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 black & white tables, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1HBL; 3JMG; HBJH; HBLX; JPS; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137273949
- ISBN
- 9781137273949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Hardcover. Varied perspectives on the development of planetary science and exploration during the Space Age. Editor(s): Launius, Roger D. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 390 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137273161
- ISBN
- 9781137273161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.16
€ 141.16
Hardcover. A critical edition of William Fleetwood's landmark Itinerarium ad Windsor. Editor(s): Beem, Charles; Moore, Dennis. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137272010
- ISBN
- 9781137272010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.98
€ 61.98
Hardcover. This collection examines soldiers as combatants, tourists, family men and as citizens. In particular, chapters trace the theme of the 'citizen soldier' through the initiatives of the period that placed civilian men under arms. In these ways and more, this new book explores 'soldiering' as an activity, an identity, a career and a way of life. Editor(s): Kennedy, Catriona; McCormack, Matthew. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBW; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137270870
- ISBN
- 9781137270870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.73
€ 139.73
Hardcover. The history of humanitarian intervention has often overlooked Africa. This book brings together perspectives from history, cultural studies, international relations, policy, and non-governmental organizations to analyze the themes, continuities and discontinuities in Western humanitarian engagement with Africa. Editor(s): Everill, Bronwen; Kaplan, Josiah. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HBJH; JKSR; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137270016
- ISBN
- 9781137270016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Hardcover. Race, Memory and the Apartheid Archive: Towards a Transformative Psychosocial Praxis draws on a psychosocial approach that is uniquely suited to the socio-historical and psychical analysis of racism. The book relies mainly on the memories, stories and narratives of ordinary people living in apartheid South Africa. Editor(s): Stevens, Garth; Duncan, Norman; Hook, Derek. Series: Studies in the Psychosocial. Num Pages: 386 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR; JFFJ; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137263896
- ISBN
- 9781137263896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.79
€ 63.79
Hardcover. This edited volume of specially commissioned essays written for the anniversary of 'Abdu'l-Baha's journey to America tells the story of this former prisoner's interactions with the white upper echelon of American society as well as his impact on the lives and writings of important early figures in the African-American civil rights movement. Editor(s): Mottahedeh, Negar. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HBJK; HRAC; HRQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032003
- ISBN
- 9781137032003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.41
€ 119.41
Hardcover. A cross-disciplinary anthology on contemporary Kashmir by academics from Jammu and Kashmir, the first such volume to appear. The book offers a panorama of key cultural concerns of Jammu and Kashmir today, incorporating analysis of military, cultural, religious, and social aspects of the society and polity. Editor(s): Khan, Nyla Ali. Num Pages: 270 pages, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137029577
- ISBN
- 9781137029577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.64
€ 62.64
Hardcover. Sarkozy came to power promising radical political and social change while simultaneously developing a presidential persona that melded the public and the personal under the glare of media attention, unparalleled in the French Fifth Republic. This volume provides a detailed analysis of the fit between his ambitions and the outcomes of his presidency Editor(s): Raymond, Gino G. Series: French Politics, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JMC; 3JMG; HBJD; JPF; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025319
- ISBN
- 9781137025319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. A historical exploration of company towns in a variety of locales in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Editor(s): Borges, Marcelo J.; Torres, Susana B. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137024664
- ISBN
- 9781137024664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.70
€ 62.70
Hardcover. In September 2009 Dmitrii Medvedev unveiled the term that was to become the defining objective of his presidency: 'modernization.' The contributors to this book, drawn from the leading scholars in Russian affairs, focus on the contested nature of the concept of modernization and the obstacles that arose in attempting to carry it out. Editor(s): Jonson, Lena; White, Stephen. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JM; HBJD; HBLX; JPHL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137011190
- ISBN
- 9781137011190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.62
€ 62.62
"Follows the recovery and marking of the Great Western Trail from northern Mexico through the US just passed the Canadian border"--Provided by publisher. Num Pages: 304 pages, 60 halftones,12 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896729438
- ISBN
- 9780896729438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.18
€ 35.99
€ 32.18