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Regional & national history
Paperback. This study examines certain key elements of the "making" or "inventing" of Lima as Peru's viceregal capital. Through analysis of seventeenth-century ceremonies of state and local religious rituals, this book asserts that colonial Lima was culturally diverse and its rich population more integrated than historiography would suggest. Series: Americas in the Early Modern Atlantic World. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536641
- ISBN
- 9781349536641
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Condition: New
€ 138.98
€ 138.98
Paperback. This book is an innovative comparative study of persons of African origin and descent in two urban environments of the early modern Atlantic world. The author follows these men and women illustrating how their choices and actions placed them at the foreground of the development of Atlantic urban slavery and emancipation. Series: Americas in the Early Modern Atlantic World. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBJK; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536474
- ISBN
- 9781349536474
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Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
paperback. This volume offers a comprehensive history and analysis of the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the tumultuous period of 1997 - 2001. The author examines the most recent events in this turbulent region, offering a contemporary account that is both extensive and detailed. Num Pages: 332 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJH; HBL; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- SKU
- V9781349536450
- ISBN
- 9781349536450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.17
€ 67.17
Paperback. In a series of paradigmatic readings of Rene Girard, Peter Sloterdijk, Michael Haneke, Anselm Kiefer, Michel Houellebecq, Elfriede Jelinek, Giorgio Agamben, Naqvi examines the current fascination with victimhood and the desire for victim status." Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSA; HBJK; JFC; JHM; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536351
- ISBN
- 9781349536351
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536276
- ISBN
- 9781349536276
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Condition: New
€ 149.37
€ 149.37
Paperback. Revisions of papers presented at a conference entitled Parliaments, Peoples, and Powers held at Yale University in 2005. Editor(s): Jansson, M. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJD; HBJK; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536016
- ISBN
- 9781349536016
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Condition: New
€ 67.17
€ 67.17
Paperback. This study explores U.S-Japanese relations in the interwar period to find that the seeds of the Pacific War were sown in the failure of cultural diplomacy and the growth of mutually antagonistic images. While most Americans came to see Japan's modernity as a facade, the Japanese began to group Americans with the warlike European powers." Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF; HBJK; HBL; HBTQ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349535972
- ISBN
- 9781349535972
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DS; HBJD; HBTB; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349535781
- ISBN
- 9781349535781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.97
€ 65.97
Paperback. This study examines how the advent of foreign tourism profoundly influenced the regime's diplomatic and economic policies as early as 1945 and through the 1960s. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349535699
- ISBN
- 9781349535699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.43
€ 67.43
Paperback. This comprehensive study traces the history of over forty royal free towns from the sixteenth-century to 1848 in the territories of what today are Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania. Szelenyi argues that these towns have been a neglected feature of national meta-narratives in Eastern Europe because their dwellers were often German speakers. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349535439
- ISBN
- 9781349535439
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Condition: New
€ 67.17
€ 67.17
Paperback. Terrorism is often seen as a Middle Eastern problem and terrorists are often perceived as only having a Muslim background. It may surprise many to learn that Americans are and have been terrorists since the birth of the nation. This book investigates and discusses many instances in which Americans were themselves the terrorists and the victims. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPWL; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349535323
- ISBN
- 9781349535323
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Condition: New
€ 67.17
€ 67.17
Paperback. An examination of resilient Hindu elites who lived, fought, and adapted to political and social change during the turbulent late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the princely state of Hyderabad. Num Pages: 247 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJF; HRAM; HRAX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349535101
- ISBN
- 9781349535101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.17
€ 67.17
Paperback. This book examines marvels as tangible objects in the literary, courtly, and artisanal cultures of medieval England, but these clever devices, neither wholly semiotic nor purely positivist objects, are imbued with diverse cultural significance that illuminates in new ways the familiar literature of the Ricardian period. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 227 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349535026
- ISBN
- 9781349535026
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Condition: New
€ 67.17
€ 67.17
Paperback. This study explores the extraordinary afterlife of the Spanish legend of King Roderick and La Cava in plays, poems, novels and operas from the Eighth century to the present day. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349534951
- ISBN
- 9781349534951
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. Retheorizing Religion in Nepal is an engaging and thought-provoking study of Religion in South Asia, with important insights for the study of religion and culture more broadly conceived. Grieve uses ethnographic material as well as poststructuralist and postcolonialist approaches to critique and expand religious studies as a discipline. Series: Religion/Culture/Critique. Num Pages: 191 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HRAB; HRAC; JHB; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349534913
- ISBN
- 9781349534913
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Condition: New
€ 67.17
€ 67.17
paperback. Editor(s): Ramey, Lynn T.; Pugh, Tison. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- SKU
- V9781349534869
- ISBN
- 9781349534869
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Condition: New
€ 66.21
€ 66.21
Paperback. This book is the first study of English historical plays about the Turks in relation to their sources and analogues, including works originating in Greek, Arabic, and Turkish. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; HBJD; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349534845
- ISBN
- 9781349534845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Paperback. Through focusing on the sexual politics that have emerged out of post-apartheid South Africa, Spurlin investigates textual and cultural representations of same-sex desire outside of the Euroamerican axes of queer culture and politics, and considers the ways in which queer cultural productions in southern Africa both intersect with and resist these. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBTQ; JFC; JFSJ; JHB; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349534685
- ISBN
- 9781349534685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.17
€ 67.17
Paperback. A reassessment of long-held paradigms about modern southern culture and politics and the relation of the South to political and cultural life of the United States Editor(s): Rubin, R.; Green, C. Num Pages: 282 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; HBTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349534661
- ISBN
- 9781349534661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.17
€ 67.17
Paperback. Editor(s): Warren, D.; Patrick, J. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; JNA; JNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349534623
- ISBN
- 9781349534623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.85
€ 35.99
€ 30.85