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Regional & national history
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340169
- ISBN
- 9780230340169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover. Overturning the 20th century's prevalent view of the Macedonians, Damianopoulos uses three domains of evidence - historical documentation, cognitive self-descriptor reports, and sociocultural features - to demonstrate that the Macedonians are a unique, non-Slav, non-Greek, ethnic identity. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYM; 3JH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339859
- ISBN
- 9780230339859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.99
€ 149.99
Paperback. Based on archival research on three continents, this book addresses the interpenetration of two closely related movements: the struggle against white supremacy and Jim Crow in the US, and the struggle against similar forces and for national liberation in Colonial Kenya. Series: Contemporary Black History. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTV; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339026
- ISBN
- 9780230339026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.96
€ 116.96
Hardcover. This book combines social and institutional histories of Russia, focusing on the secret police and their evolving relationship with the peasantry. Based on an analysis of Cheka/OGPU reports, it argues that the police did not initially respond to peasant resistance to Bolshevik demands simply with the gun-rather, they listened to peasant voices. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338869
- ISBN
- 9780230338869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardcover. This book details the Italian immigrant experience in San Francisco from the Gold Rush to the Mayoralty of George Moscone - which is to say the entire life cycle of the Italian community - and defines the concept of community in a way never seen before. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338784
- ISBN
- 9780230338784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. This edited volume provides the first fully comprehensive evaluation of Libya since the Qadhafi coup in 1969. Throughout the different chapters the authors explore the rise of the military in Libya, the impact of its self-styled revolution on Libyan society and economy. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBL; HBJH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337503
- ISBN
- 9780230337503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 47.16
€ 53.36
€ 47.16
Paperback. This book examines why several American literary and intellectual icons found themselves to be pioneering scholars and lifelong students of the Hispanic world. The author asserts that these gifted Americans focused on the Hispanic world that they might shape their own country's identity after Independence and the War of 1812. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337497
- ISBN
- 9780230337497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 47.16
€ 53.36
€ 47.16
Hardcover. "This book is adapted from the German manuscript 'Die Rote Linie. Eine Geschichte der Veterinèar- und Siedlungsgrenze in Namibia (1890er-1960er Jahre),' completed in 2009 and published in 2012 by the Basler Afrika Bibliographien in Switzerland Series: Palgrave Series in African Borderlands Studies. Num Pages: 339 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBTD; HBTQ; JFC; JHM; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337480
- ISBN
- 9780230337480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.19
€ 68.19
Hardcover. Focusing on the genesis of 'constitutional monarchism' in the context of the French Restoration and its favourable reception in post-Napoleonic Germany, this study highlights the potential and limitations of a daring attempt to improve traditional forms of monarchical legitimacy by means of a modern representative constitution. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 diagrames. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230316492
- ISBN
- 9780230316492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.85
€ 67.85
Hardcover. Victoria's Madmen is the story of those who were outcasts by temperament and choice; the non-conformists of the Victorian Age. Clive Bloom's readable account of the dark underbelly of Victoria's Britain captures the unrest bubbling under the surface of strait-laced Victorian society. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230313828
- ISBN
- 9780230313828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.53
€ 50.53
Hardcover. Between 1789 and 1848, clerks modified their occupational practices, responding to political scrutiny and state-administration reforms. Ralph Kingston examines the lives and influence of bureaucrats inside and outside the office as they helped define nineteenth-century bourgeois social capital, ideals of emulation, honour, and masculinity. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230304314
- ISBN
- 9780230304314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Crime News in Modern Britain: Press Reporting and Responsibility, 1820...
Rowbotham, Judith, Pegg, Samantha, Stevenson,...
Hardcover. Drawing together examples from broadsheet and tabloid newspapers this account of English crime reportage takes readers from the late eighteenth century to the present day. In the post-Leveson world, it is a timely and engaging contextualisation of the history of printed crime news and investigative journalism. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLX; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230303591
- ISBN
- 9780230303591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
The Women's War of 1929: Gender and Violence in Colonial Nigeria
Kingsley Kent, Susan, Bastian, Misty L., Mate...
Hardcover. In 1929, tens of thousands of south eastern Nigerian women rose up against British authority in what is known as the Women's War. This book brings togther, for the first time, the multiple perspectives of the war's colonized and colonial participants and examines its various actions within a single, gendered analytical frame. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 219 x 24. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302952
- ISBN
- 9780230302952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.67
€ 150.67
Hardcover. The book presents a new history of the first enlargement of the EU. It charts the attempts by the European Commission to influence the outcome of the British and Irish bids to join the Common Market during the 1960s and 1970s. The most politically divisive EU enlargement is examined through extensive research in British, Irish, EU, and US archives. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW3; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302808
- ISBN
- 9780230302808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback. Challenging the standard narrative, this account, updated for the paperback edition, establishes the causal relationship between the global political and economic crises of the interwar period, and offers a new look at the role of ideology, racism and the leading liberal powers in the events between the First and Second World Wars. Num Pages: 622 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 35. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 622
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302433
- ISBN
- 9780230302433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.15
€ 69.15
Paperback. Collects twelve previously unpublished essays by one of Britain's most eminent historians, David Cannadine, including his inaugural and valedictory lectures at the Institute of Historical Research. A unique volume discussing the study and nature of History itself and a range of key topics and periods in British and Imperial History. Num Pages: 402 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBAH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302402
- ISBN
- 9780230302402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.77
€ 33.77
Hardcover. This ground-breaking political history of the two Irish States provides unique new insights into the 'Troubles' and the peace process. It examines the impact of the fraught dynamics between the competing identities of the Nationalist-Catholic-Irish Community on the one hand and the Unionist-Protestant-British community on the other. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBR; 3JJ; GTJ; HBJD1; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301665
- ISBN
- 9780230301665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Hardcover. British Images of Germany is the first full-length cultural history of Britain's relationship with Germany in the key period leading up to the First World War. Richard Scully reassesses what is imagined to be a fraught relationship, illuminating the sense of kinship Britons felt for Germany even in times of diplomatic tension. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 400 pages, 152 black & white illustrations, 6 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; HBWN; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 220 x 28. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301566
- ISBN
- 9780230301566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.15
€ 68.15
Hardcover. This book sheds fresh light on developments in British nuclear weapons policy between October 1964, when the Labour Party came back into power under Harold Wilson following a thirteen year absence, and June 1970 when the Conservative government of Edward Heath was elected. Series: Nuclear Weapons and International Security Since 1945. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFN; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTW; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300880
- ISBN
- 9780230300880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.44
€ 128.44
Hardcover. Sarah Hicks Williams was the northern-born wife of an antebellum slaveholder. Rebecca Fraser traces her journey as she relocates to Clifton Grove, the Williams' slaveholding plantation, presenting her with complex dilemmas as she reconciled her new role as plantation mistress to the gender script she had been raised with in the North. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300705
- ISBN
- 9780230300705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book analyses the political and ethnical tensions that characterize Nigeria, which derive both from colonial and contemporary conflicts. It points out three major factors why Nigeria has not yet collapsed like many other African states: ethnic power sharing amongst the political elite, the military with its national outlook, and oil wealth. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298521
- ISBN
- 9780230298521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Hardcover. EPUB Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JPA; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230297777
- ISBN
- 9780230297777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
The Chinese in Britain, 1800 - Present: Economy, Transnationalism, Ide...
Benton, Gregor, Gomez, Edmund Terence
Paperback. This study points up the complex interplay of ethnic and national identities in the lives of Chinese in Britain, arguing that transnational studies reinforce essentialist conceptions of identity and cultural authenticity in diasporic communities, and thus frustrate the promotion of ethnic co-existence and social cohesion in multi-ethnic societies. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 485 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJF; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 31. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230296411
- ISBN
- 9780230296411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 140.04
€ 140.04
Hardcover. An analysis of Cuba's history from a British diplomatic perspective during the period of US political and economic domination, from 1898 to 1964. It investigates how Britain attempted to protect its trade and other interests in the island, whilst always sensitive to the reactions of its most important ally, the United States. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230295445
- ISBN
- 9780230295445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89