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Regional & national history
Paperback. This critical edition of Princess Fatima Massaquoi's memoirs begins with her birth in southern Sierra Leone, continues through her childhood in Liberia, moves on to Hamburg, Germany, where she lived and experienced the rise of the Nazi movement, and ends with her life in the United States. Editor(s): Abraham, A.; Seton, Vivian; Tuchscherer, Konrad. Num Pages: 297 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJH; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349376155
- ISBN
- 9781349376155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 182.33
€ 182.33
Paperback. This book investigates why, despite European integration, separatist nationalism continues to thrive in EU member states.Laible demonstrates that the EU sustains the importance of statehood, and therefore separatism, and creates new forms of political capital that nationalists employ in their struggles for self-government." Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349375721
- ISBN
- 9781349375721
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This volume offers a cultural, aesthetic, and critical reappraisal ofGerman 'rubble films' produced in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War and constructs their meaning in a historical context." Editor(s): Wilms, W.; Rasch, W. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 230 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APF; HBJD; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349375042
- ISBN
- 9781349375042
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book compares African and Afrikaner nationalisms to demonstrate that the transition from apartheid to liberal democracy in South Africa was a neo-colonial settlement that left the economy and the military and security sectors under the control of the white minority, while increasing wide socioeconomic disparities between rich and poor. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; JPA; JPHV; JPVH; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349374885
- ISBN
- 9781349374885
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Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Paperback. This book portrays the great variety of work that medieval English juries carried out while highlighting the dramatic increase in demands for jury service that occurred during this period. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349374540
- ISBN
- 9781349374540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Paperback. This book looks at the effect of railways on London, Paris, Brussels, and Berlin, focusing on each city as a case study for one aspect of implantation. Num Pages: 284 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBJD1; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349374465
- ISBN
- 9781349374465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Accidental presidents, those who assume office as a result of death, assassination or resignation, struggle to establish their legitimacy. This book examines and evaluates the strategies of nine accidental presidents, from John Tyler to Gerald Ford, to demonstrate authority and their capacity to govern. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349374359
- ISBN
- 9781349374359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Examining a variety of newspapers, novels, and Inquisition trials, Lang demonstrates how the accounts of conversion to the Catholic Church provide an unusual political opinion with serious ramifications in the shaping of national Italian identity during unification. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HRAX; HRCC7; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349374076
- ISBN
- 9781349374076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. This detailed study is the first to outline Julian of Norwich's reception throughout history, from the extant manuscripts to the present day. Editor(s): Salih, Sara. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2009
- SKU
- V9781349374038
- ISBN
- 9781349374038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; HBG; HBJD; HBL; JFSJ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349373062
- ISBN
- 9781349373062
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. The political and social activism of immigrants to Europe since 1945 takes the spotlight in this volume. Each chapter draws on research from international scholars, offering a riveting look at a variety of migrant experiences and providing welcome comparisons of the impact of migration ondifferent countries." Editor(s): Pojmann, W. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349373024
- ISBN
- 9781349373024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.63
€ 138.63
Paperback. A defining work in the "Inner Emigration" literary movement, Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen's History of the Munster Anabaptists was written in 1937 as a criticism of the Nazi regime.This English translation includes documents, scholarly essays, and a detailed introduction." Editor(s): Lippe, George von der; Reck-Malleczewen, Viktoria. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD; HBL; HRCC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349373000
- ISBN
- 9781349373000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 149.87
€ 149.87
paperback. Creating an American Identity examines the relationship between regionalism and nationalism in New England. Focusing on the years 1789-1825, it analyzes the process by which New Englanders used trans-Atlantic symbols as well as regional landscapes, values, and characteristics to create an American identity. Num Pages: 303 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJK; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 387.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349372782
- ISBN
- 9781349372782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.81
€ 138.81
Paperback. Through interdisciplinary readings of medieval literature and devotional artifacts, The Medieval Poetics of the Reliquary shows how reliquaries shaped ideas about poetry and poetics in late-medieval England. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349372454
- ISBN
- 9781349372454
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Condition: New
€ 127.00
€ 127.00
Paperback. The essays in this volume interrogate the unique and often problematic relationship between early modern cultural studies and ecocriticism, providing theoretical insights and models for a future practice that successfully wed the two disciplines. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBB; DSC; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349372355
- ISBN
- 9781349372355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Paperback. This book surveys Franco-German relations from the French Revolution to the 1990s, collecting the most current research from area specialists. Editor(s): Germond, Carine; Turk, Henning. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349372218
- ISBN
- 9781349372218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. This book focuses on US-UK relations with Jordan for the entire period of King Hussein's reign, explaining Hussein's successes and failures, while emphasizing the declining influence of London and the rising influence of Washington. Num Pages: 200 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJF; HBJK; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349372195
- ISBN
- 9781349372195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Athorough survey of the origins and development of the major distinct American commercial entertainments that emerged between over the course of the 19th century and into the 20th, including P.T. Barnum_s American Museum, freak show, and circus, as well as blackface minstrelry, Buffalo Bill_s Wild West Show, and vaudeville." Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349372157
- ISBN
- 9781349372157
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This is an exploration of how Latin America developed an alternative modernity during the early twentieth century, one that challenges the key assumptions of the Western dominant model. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349371921
- ISBN
- 9781349371921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Paperback. The book examines how globalization is altering the structure of the extremely foreign trade-dependent Caribbean economies. It treats these small economies together as a single economy by focusing on their common features. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; DS; HBJD1; JFSJ; KCM; KJJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349371846
- ISBN
- 9781349371846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Shlapentokh asserts that asocial behavior in both medieval France and the contemporary West is not a marginal occurrence but rather a mainstream phenomena, and one that can often be stopped by strong force as the only antidote to social chaos. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; JHB; JKV; JPA; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349371754
- ISBN
- 9781349371754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. This is an account of the roles of local and national movements, and of memory and regret in the destruction or preservation of the architectural, artistic, and historic legacy of Europe in which the author examines what is cultural heritage and why it matters. Num Pages: 282 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JF; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- SKU
- V9781349371624
- ISBN
- 9781349371624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349371587
- ISBN
- 9781349371587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
paperback. By the end of the 1980s, many Americans looked at the state of the nation with a renewed optimism, which was personified by an enduring American president - Ronald Wilson Reagan. The essays in this volume revisit the 1980s in order to examine the factors that contributed tohis political and cultural triumphs andassess hislegacy." Editor(s): Hudson, C. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- SKU
- V9781349371471
- ISBN
- 9781349371471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 149.65
€ 149.65