Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Hardback. Northern Ireland's problems are rooted in physical and historical geography: small resource base, peripheral location, violent conquest, repression and ruthless emargination of the native population by the Protestant settlers. At the time of partition, many areas already had a Catholic majority, and the Catholic population is increasing faster. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; HBJD1; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1170.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792340461
- ISBN
- 9780792340461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.55
€ 123.55
New Perspectives on Human Sacrifice and Ritual Body Treatments in Anci...
. Ed(S): Tiesler, Vera; Cucina, Andrea
Paperback. This lavishly-illustrated book brings together archaeologists as well as anthropologists, forensic anthropologists, art historians and bioarchaeologists for a wider exploration into Mayan sacrifice and related posthumous body manipulation. Editor(s): Tiesler, Vera; Cucina, Andrea. Series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3F; HBJK; HBLA; HD; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387095240
- ISBN
- 9780387095240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 184.42
€ 184.42
The Making of Modern Tourism. The Cultural History of the British Expe...
. Ed(S): Berghoff, Hartmut; Harvie, Christoph...
Hardback. Images which dominate advertisements for tourist products had to be constructed and sustained, invented and remoulded over a long period. This book concerns the idea that without this distinctive historical and cultural "baggage", the social practice of taking holidays may not have evolved. Editor(s): Berghoff, Hartmut; Harvie, Christopher; Korte, Barbara; Schneider, Ralf. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3J; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 536.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333971147
- ISBN
- 9780333971147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.66
€ 119.66
Hardcover. Middle East oil and Anglo-American special relations were among the most contentious issues during the Cold War. Oil is crucial to our understanding of Britain's and the USA's Cold War policies in the Middle East. This book presents an in-depth study of the issues of the period and the legacy of oil in the post Cold war era. Series: Cold War History. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FBN; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 12. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968314
- ISBN
- 9780333968314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.49
€ 119.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWQ; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333962107
- ISBN
- 9780333962107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.90
€ 61.90
Paperback. Based largely upon unpublished sources, this study looks closely at the background of the German army on the Eastern Front during World War II. It describes the hardship, the discipline and morale at the front, and analyzes the social, educational and political background of the junior officers. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 214 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333949443
- ISBN
- 9780333949443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.82
€ 72.82
Hardback. This text critically re-examines Lloyd George's part, crucial but enigmatic, in the "lost peace" of Versailles, 1919-1940. It draws a portrait of Lloyd George as volatile and devious, sincerely furthering British interests and far from duped by Hitler. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333919613
- ISBN
- 9780333919613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.85
€ 118.85
Hardback. This work looks at the postwar Stalin era through the eyes of industrial supervisors and offers a picture of the technical intelligentsia's transformation into the Soviet Union's social and political elite. It researches archives, newspapers, memoirs and an array of secondary sources. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333918944
- ISBN
- 9780333918944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.87
€ 118.87
Hardback. The primary concern of this volume of essays is the relationships between the various ethnic, cultural, regional and religious communities that coexisted in the Iberian peninsula in the later Middle Ages. Editor(s): Collins, Roger; Goodman, Anthony. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; GTB; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333793879
- ISBN
- 9780333793879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.54
€ 119.54
Hardback. This work challenges contemporary thinking on memory by examining the complex ways in which the social inheritance of the Nazi Holocaust is gendered. It considers how the past is handed down in the US, Poland and Britain through means such as historiography, autobiographies, films and museums. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; JFC; JFSJ; JMRM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333761472
- ISBN
- 9780333761472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.41
€ 129.41
Hardcover. The first volume of this work consists of parallel essays by Japanese and British academic specialists covering the history of relations between Japan and Britain from the first contacts in the 17th century to 1930. Series: The History of Anglo-Japanese Relations, 1600-2000. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPJ; 3J; HBJD1; HBJF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333753873
- ISBN
- 9780333753873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.80
€ 119.80
Paperback. Anti-Catholicism forms part of the dynamics of Northern Ireland's conflict and is critical to the self-defining identity of certain Protestants. This text examines the socio-economic and political processes that have led to theology being used in social closure and stratification. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3J; HBJD1; HRCC7; HRCC91; JH; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1998th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333746356
- ISBN
- 9780333746356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Paperback. The Holocaust is both a point of reference in the past and a point of moral interdiction and imperative in the present. Yet how is the modern reader to relate it to the present? The essays in this book examine the problems of representation in literature of these poignant and horrific events. Editor(s): Leak, Andrew N.; Piazis, George. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333738870
- ISBN
- 9780333738870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardback. Using archival records, this text examines Estonian politics during the 1930s. It looks at the constitutional changes instigated by the Estonian Veteran's League, and their demise in 1934, with the establishment of an authoritarian regime. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ; JPHC; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 469.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333732496
- ISBN
- 9780333732496
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.65
€ 139.65
Paperback. A study of eight decades of colonial rule, as seen from the point of view of the Indian army, which also aims to shed light upon the British colonial psyche. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; JWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 313
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333729762
- ISBN
- 9780333729762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 191.15
€ 191.15
Hardback. In the STUDIES IN RUSSIA AND EAST EUROPE series, this book looks at the past and present condition of Russian nationalism, examining the influence of tsarist and official policies, explains the broader political, social and cultural factors which affected the ambition of rulers and emphasises the changeability of Russian national consciousness. Editor(s): Hosking, Geoffrey; Service, Robert. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; JPFN; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333699959
- ISBN
- 9780333699959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.05
€ 119.05
Hardback. This study analyses poor relief in pre-industrial Europe, 1800-1850, as a survival strategy of the poor and a control strategy of the elites. A simple model of poor relief is presented, and tested against the historical records. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333696033
- ISBN
- 9780333696033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.30
€ 119.30
Hardback. Ivan IV, the 16th century Russian Tsar notorious for his reign of terror, became an unlikely national hero in the Soviet Union during the 1940s. This book traces the development of Ivan's positive image, placing it in the context of Stalin's campaign for patriotism. Series: Studies in Russian and East European History and Society. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; BGH; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333656846
- ISBN
- 9780333656846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.38
€ 119.38
Hardcover. Based on theoretical and empirical research, this work focuses on significant themes such as the oligarchic state structure dominated by the military and bureaucracy, civil society, and Islam and the formation of Muslim identity in British India. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKP; HBJF; JFC; JFS; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333646663
- ISBN
- 9780333646663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.13
€ 120.13
Hardback. This text examines the role of Chamberlain and the National Government in responding to the strategic problems of a two-front danger from Germany and Japan. It focuses on the first defence requirements enquiry of 1933-4, when rearmament foundations were laid and foreign policy redefined. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLW; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333644348
- ISBN
- 9780333644348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.01
€ 181.01