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Regional & national history
Paperback. This book examines the challenges faced through history by female leaders of Britain. From empress Matilda to Queen Victoria, the author shows how these powerful women succeeded in a male-dominated patriarchal culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606340
- ISBN
- 9780230606340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.87
€ 71.87
Hardcover. This collection of essays explores how Progressivism was the historical catalyst for reforms across the social and political spectrum in Britain for over half a century. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230605800
- ISBN
- 9780230605800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. 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: 1FBJ; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604513
- ISBN
- 9780230604513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. This book examines the internal controversies of the Roosevelt administration in connection with Spain during World War II, the role of the President in these controversies, and the foundations of the policy that was followed from the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War until the launching of Operation Torch in 1942. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; HBWP; HBWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604506
- ISBN
- 9780230604506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.64
€ 67.64
Hardcover. A collection of essays by leading historians of early modern Europe and the U.S., this books explores how merchants, entrepreneurs, and other early modern capitalists viewed themselves. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604476
- ISBN
- 9780230604476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. 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; HBLC; JKV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230603752
- ISBN
- 9780230603752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. Did medieval women have the power to choose? This is a question at the heart of this book that explores three court cases from Yorkshire in the decades after the Black Death. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602946
- ISBN
- 9780230602946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardcover. Piero Gobetti was a radical liberal and critic of Italian politics in the years after World War I, he proposed 'revolutionary liberalism', which guided his opposition to Fascism and inspired key figures in the Italian Resistance. Accessible but critical, this volume is offers a balanced assessment of his enduring significance. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLW; JPFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602748
- ISBN
- 9780230602748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Paperback. This book examines the successes and failures of George W. Bush as a War President. The author critically assesses the administration's key decisions in the war on terror and President Bush's vision of creating a democratic Middle East. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230601000
- ISBN
- 9780230601000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.61
€ 67.61
Hardcover. This book examines conflicting interpretations of the origins, evolution, and end of apartheid. Lipton asserts that it began around 1970 with relatively non-violent reform, and ended following President de Klerk's release of Nelson Mandela, and his reinstatement of the African National Congress and other organizations, in February 1990. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJH; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600591
- ISBN
- 9780230600591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Memory of War in France examines France in the era of world war through the unconventional eyes of the veteran, activist and novelist, Cesar Fauxbras. It encompasses the French navy at war, the naval mutinies of 1919, the experience of unemployment, interwar pacifism, French defeat in 1940 and Paris under the heel of German occupation. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230594418
- ISBN
- 9780230594418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.61
€ 67.61
Hardcover. An account of how one Labour Party politician, after suffering the biggest setback of his political career, used the anti-Vietnam War demonstrations in Grosvenor Square, the battle over trade union reform and the Troubles in Northern Ireland to propel himself to No 10. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPHL; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579583
- ISBN
- 9780230579583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. This is the first comprehensive study in English of Soviet women who fought against the genocidal, misogynist, Nazi enemy on the Eastern Front during the Second World War. Drawing on a vast array of original archival, memoir, and published sources, this book captures the everyday experiences of Soviet women fighting, living and dying on the front. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579521
- ISBN
- 9780230579521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.47
€ 150.47
Hardcover. Madness in the Family explores how colonial families coped with insanity through a trans-colonial study of the relationships between families and public colonial hospitals for the insane in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and New Zealand between 1860 and 1914. Num Pages: 235 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1MB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJM; HBTQ; MBPK; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230578074
- ISBN
- 9780230578074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book reveals that 1969-74 was a crucial period for the special relationship. The Heath Government attempted to reverse Britain's decline as a great power by forging an American-European special relationship out of the Anglo-American relationship. Simultaneously the Nixon Administration tried to recoup the global position of the United States. Series: Global Conflict and Security Since 1945. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498. Britain, the US and the EC, 1969-74. Series: Global Conflict and Security Since 1945. 312 pages, 4 tables. This book reveals that 1969-74 was a crucial period for the special relationship. The Heath Government attempted to reverse Britain's decline as a great power by forging an American-European special relationship out of the Anglo-American relationship. Simultaneously the Nixon Administration tried to recoup the global position of the United States. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Dimension: 230 x 147 x 23. Weight: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577251
- ISBN
- 9780230577251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Hardcover. Radio was one of the major weapons used in the Cold War and The Undivided Sky gives a lively and comprehensive account of radio programming and audience responses in the divided Germany of the 1960s by looking at the reportage of major war-crimes trials of the time, issues of the Holocaust and German national identity. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576766
- ISBN
- 9780230576766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover. For German townsmen, life during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was characterized by a culture of arms, with urban citizenry representing the armed power of the state. This book investigates how men were socialized to the martial ethic from all sides, and how masculine identity was confirmed with blades and guns. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 401 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTJ; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576568
- ISBN
- 9780230576568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 228.93
€ 228.93
Hardcover. This book traverses the Indian Ocean in the period when the British held sway over the major oceanic waters of the world. In reviving the history of the Andamans as an important imperial prize, it offers a fresh perspective on the history of British colonialism, nationalism and the creation of modern India from its geographic periphery. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576056
- ISBN
- 9780230576056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardcover. A comprehensive look at how the 'establishment' responded to the Italian student revolt of 1968. Using oral interviews, media analysis and archival evidence, the book explores the reactions of those who became the frequent targets of student protests - professors, police, activists' parents, the clergy, journalists, lawyers and auto workers. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW3; JPWF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230575684
- ISBN
- 9780230575684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Hardcover. Approaching the intersection of politics and science from the perspective of political history, this book looks at how nineteenth-century British Whigs used the themes of natural science to signal their identities, and how their devotion to a culture of liberality helped to define them. Offers a fresh take on a central theme in Victorian politics. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 222 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPFK; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574847
- ISBN
- 9780230574847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Paperback. This book tackles a hitherto neglected topic by presenting Ireland as very much a part of the Black Atlantic world. It shows how slaves and sugar produced economic and political change in Eighteenth-century Ireland and discusses the role of Irish emigrants in slave societies in the Caribbean and North America. Num Pages: 408 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke, UK
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 403
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574779
- ISBN
- 9780230574779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 205.76
€ 205.76
The Primacy of Foreign Policy in British History, 1660-2000: How Strat...
Mulligan, William, Simms, Brendan
Hardcover. External challenges, strategic threats, and war have shaped the course of modern British history. This volume examines how Britain mobilized to meet these challenges and how developments in the constitution, state, public sphere, and economy were a response to foreign policy issues from the Restoration to the rise of New Labour. Num Pages: 359 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JPQB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574724
- ISBN
- 9780230574724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.44
€ 184.44
Hardcover. Examining the social and political history of workers and entrepreneurs engaged in constructing the French capital from 1763-1815, this book argues that Paris construction was a core sector in which 'archaic' and 'innovative' practices were symbiotically used by guilds, the state, and enterprises to launch the commercial revolution in France. Num Pages: 362 pages, 46 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574717
- ISBN
- 9780230574717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.65
€ 128.65
Hardcover. England's Last Hope studies how the part-time auxiliary Territorial Force was raised, clothed, trained, housed and administered during the crucial years of its development in the years before the Great War. As such, it fills a fundamental gap in the understanding of how the force's units were able to take the field as part of the BEF in 1914. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBW; JWD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574540
- ISBN
- 9780230574540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.60
€ 183.60