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Paperback. As the fortieth anniversary of the Nixon resignation approaches, it is time to take a fresh look at Watergate's impact on the American political system and to consider its significance for the historical reputation of the president indelibly associated with it. Editor(s): Genovese, Michael A.; Morgan, Iwan W. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 219 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; JFCA; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230116504
- ISBN
- 9780230116504
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Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. As the fortieth anniversary of the Nixon resignation approaches, it is time to take a fresh look at Watergate's impact on the American political system and to consider its significance for the historical reputation of the president indelibly associated with it. Editor(s): Genovese, Michael A.; Morgan, Iwan W. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 219 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; JFCA; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 471.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230116498
- ISBN
- 9780230116498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.74
€ 62.74
Hardcover. Through the research and experiences of 16 scholars whose native homes span ten countries, this collection shifts the discussion of belonging and affinity within Africa and its diaspora toward local perceptions and the ways in which these notions are asserted or altered. Editor(s): Talton, Benjamin A.; Mills, Quincy T. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115873
- ISBN
- 9780230115873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.28
€ 62.28
Hardcover. Radically rethinks the theoretical parameters through which we interpret both current and past ideas of captivity, adoption, and slavery among Native American societies in an interdisciplinary perspective. Highlights the importance of the interaction between perceptions, representations and lived experience associated with the facts of slavery. Editor(s): Pratt, Stephanie; Carocci, Max. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115057
- ISBN
- 9780230115057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 44.27
€ 54.99
€ 44.27
Hardcover. Negin Nabavi brings together essays written by experts and scholars that shed light on the many transformations that Iran has experienced in the thirty years under the Islamic Republic and speculate on the import of the developments of 2009 and beyond. Editor(s): Nabavi, Negin. Num Pages: 201 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF1; HRH; JF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 445.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114616
- ISBN
- 9780230114616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.48
€ 62.48
Hardcover. This book explores the memory of the Romanian Holocaust in Romanian, German, Israeli, and French cultural representations. The essays in this volume discuss first-hand testimonial accounts, letters, journals, drawings, literary texts and films by Elie Wiesel, Paul Celan, Aharon Appelfeld Norman Manea, Radu Mihaileanu, among others. Editor(s): Glajar, Valentina; Teodorescu, Jeanine. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 286 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition/First Printing
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230112544
- ISBN
- 9780230112544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.76
€ 62.76
Hardcover. As an entirely domestic queen who never physically left her realm, Elizabeth I cast an inordinately wide shadow in the world around her. This volume brings together a collection of essays examining a number of different facets of Elizabethan foreign affairs, encompassing England and The British Isles, Europe, and the dynamic civilization of Islam. Editor(s): Beem, Charles. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DBK; 1FB; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230112148
- ISBN
- 9780230112148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.46
€ 62.46
Hardcover. The Anglo-Scottish Border and the Shaping of Identity, 1350-1600 explores the roles that Scotland and England play in one another's imaginations. This collection of essays brings together eminent scholars and emerging voices from the frequently divergent fields of English and Scottish medieval studies. Editor(s): Terrell, Katherine; Bruce, Mark P. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 247 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKS; 3H; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110861
- ISBN
- 9780230110861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.05
€ 119.05
Paperback. A cultural and historical exploration of Italian and Italian American discrimination. Editor(s): Connell, William J.; Gardaphe, Fred. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108301
- ISBN
- 9780230108301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. This edited volume represents a re-examination of the most central issues in the history of the Iraqi nation state until the American occupation (1920-2003) and, in the light of that history, a re-evaluation of developments under the occupation (2003-2008). Editor(s): Zeidel, Ronen; Baram, Amatzia; Rohde, Achim. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230107106
- ISBN
- 9780230107106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.35
€ 119.35
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary examination of the Enlightenment character and its broader significance. Whilst the main focus of the book is the Scottish Enlightenment, contributors also employ a transatlantic scope by considering parallel developments in Europe, and America. Editor(s): Ahnert, Thomas; Manning, Susan. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104143
- ISBN
- 9780230104143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.64
€ 119.64
Hardcover. Over the last decade, there has been a shift toward a strategic view of Africa. China and the US import much of their oil from Africa which is clearly emerging on the world stage as a strategic player. Africa and the New World Era probes the importance and significance of this shift and its implications for Africa's international relations. Editor(s): Mangala, Jack. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230102866
- ISBN
- 9780230102866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.35
€ 63.35
Hardcover. This book gathers ground-breaking, explicitly inter-disciplinary essays examining the Andean past, including history, languages, anthropology, and ethnohistory. Editor(s): Heggarty, Paul; Pearce, Adrian J. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; CFF; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230100145
- ISBN
- 9780230100145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.79
€ 62.79
Hardcover. This comparative, interdisciplinary book explores the responses of the women's movement to World War I in all of the major belligerent nations. The contributors cover key topics including women's relationship with the state, women's war service, mothers in wartime, suffrage, peace and the aftermath of war, and women's guilt and responsibility. Editor(s): Fell, Alison S.; Sharp, Ingrid. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230019669
- ISBN
- 9780230019669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.92
€ 62.92
Paperback. The representation of the Holocaust in literature and film has confronted lecturers and students with some challenging questions. Does this unique and disturbing subject demand alternative pedagogic strategies? What is the role of ethics in the classroom encounter with the Holocaust? Scholars address these and other questions in this collection. Editor(s): Eaglestone, Robert; Langford, Barry. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 158 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230019379
- ISBN
- 9780230019379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.44
€ 61.44
Hardcover. The representation of the Holocaust in literature and film has confronted lecturers and students with some challenging questions. Does this unique and disturbing subject demand alternative pedagogic strategies? What is the role of ethics in the classroom encounter with the Holocaust? Scholars address these and other questions in this collection. Editor(s): Eaglestone, Robert; Langford, Barry. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBH; HBJD; HBTZ1; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230019362
- ISBN
- 9780230019362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.98
€ 61.98
Hardcover. After the bicentenary of Trafalgar and the death of Nelson, this volume acts both as a summary and a collection of some of the best scholarship on the battle, its context and legacy. It moves away from Nelson and brings new research from a range of disciplinary perspectives to bear on one of the most significant naval actions in the age of sail. Editor(s): Cannadine, Mr David. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 383.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230009004
- ISBN
- 9780230009004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.94
€ 56.94
Hardcover. The concept of generation is ubiquitous in common parlance and public discourse: it is used to explain family relationships, consumer preferences, political change, and much else besides. But how can generation be used by historians? Do generations 'really' exist, or are they constructed and manipulated by social and cultural elites? Editor(s): Lovell, Stephen. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230008915
- ISBN
- 9780230008915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.88
€ 149.88
Hardcover. This is the first study of mass media in Germany from a social and cultural-historical perspective. Beyond the conventional focus on organizational structures or aesthetic content, it investigates the impact the media has on German society under varying political systems, and how the media is shaped by wider social, political and cultural context. Editor(s): Fuhrer, Karl Christian; Ross, Corey. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230008380
- ISBN
- 9780230008380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.21
€ 119.21
Hardcover. Public Men offers an introduction to an exciting new field: the history of masculinities in the political domain. By building upon new work on gender and political culture, these new case studies explore the gendering of the political domain and the masculinities of the men who have historically dominated it. Editor(s): Kennedy, C.; McCormack, Matthew. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230007635
- ISBN
- 9780230007635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.51
€ 62.51
Hardcover. This volume examines the varieties of anti-fascism in inter-war Britain. Ordinarily anti-fascism is defined in terms of anti-fascist activism. By extending the scope of the concept, this book breaks new ground. Chapters examine political parties, the state, the media, women, the churches, and intellectuals. Editor(s): Copsey, Nigel; Olechnowicz, Andrzej. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPFC; JPFQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230006485
- ISBN
- 9780230006485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.84
€ 62.84
Hardcover. Spain Transformed addresses the sweeping social and cultural changes that characterized the late Franco regime. This wide-ranging collection reassesses the dictatorship's latter years by drawing on a wealth of new material and ideas, using an interdisciplinary approach. Editor(s): Townson, Nigel. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJD; HBLW3; JPHX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230004559
- ISBN
- 9780230004559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.70
€ 62.70
Hardcover. This volume documents the evolution and impact of one of the most enduring sources and symbols of sectarian conflict in Ireland - Protestant millennialism. The volume explores new sources and offers new conclusions, setting a new research agenda and emphasizing the vitality of religious discourse in Irish studies. Editor(s): Gribben, Crawford; Holmes, Andrew R. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230003491
- ISBN
- 9780230003491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Hardcover. This collection offers a series of essays that explore the historical culture the holocaust has engendered in Europe, Israel and the USA, the politics of its reception and representation, the motivations for and effectiveness of commemorating it, and the creative and didactic practices it has generated in contemporary literature, art, and thought. Editor(s): Davies, Martin L.; Szejnmann, Claus-Christian W. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230001473
- ISBN
- 9780230001473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.80
€ 119.80