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Regional & national history
Hardcover. This book is an innovative study offering the first examination of how three fourteenth-century English queens, Margaret of France, Isabella of France, and Philippa of Hainault, exercised power and authority. It frames its analysis around four major themes: gender; status; the concept of the crown; and power and authority. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230112858
- ISBN
- 9780230112858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.95
€ 149.95
Hardcover. This book is a detailed and comprehensive work which reviews the origins of Israel's Mediterranean identity, starting with its Zionist ideological origins and tracing the path up to the present, as Israel struggles with what it means to be a post-ideological Mediterranean country. Num Pages: 226 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230112766
- ISBN
- 9780230112766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 46.88
€ 53.36
€ 46.88
Hardcover. This interdisciplinary volume addresses the consequences of the fall of the Berlin Wall, from the revitalizing effect it had on Germany to the new challenges of integrating socially and politically old and new minorities, and forming a new European identity. It also considers how the fall was represented by the media. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLW3; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230112162
- ISBN
- 9780230112162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. Using five personal narratives and in contrast to both the traditional and multicultural narratives, this book suggest cross-cultural transformation has been at the core of America since the first moments of contact. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230112063
- ISBN
- 9780230112063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Hardcover. A look at the extensive inequality and individualism in Prince George's County, Maryland, and the wider tobacco south, this book draws on colonial historiography to take a groundbreaking approach and examines the profound impacts of the structure of the international tobacco trade on local life. Series: The Americas in the Early Modern Atlantic World. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230111899
- ISBN
- 9780230111899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. A fresh perspective on the history of Russian liberalism through the life and work of Alexander Kunitsyn, a teacher and philosopher of natural law, whose academic and journalistic writings contributed to the dissemination of Western liberal thought among the Russian public. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230111738
- ISBN
- 9780230111738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. A reassessment of the historic relation between money and the state through the lens of early modern English literature, Coinage and State Formation examines the political implications of the monetary form in light of material and visual properties of coins as well as the persistence of both intrinsic and extrinsic theories of value. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110236
- ISBN
- 9780230110236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. State Power and Democracy is the first book to show that the Bush police state didn't commence when Bush was inaugurated. It proves, instead, that the seeds of an American police state can be traced all the way back to the founding of the republic. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230109353
- ISBN
- 9780230109353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover. This book uses oral history methodology to record stories of people who experienced the brunt of racist forced removals in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. Through life stories and community case studies, it traces the human impact of this disruptive, often violent feature of apartheid's social engineering. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 239 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJH; HBTB; HBTD; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108905
- ISBN
- 9780230108905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Hardcover. This book provides a significant history of Italy's brutal occupation of Libya. Using the lens of the life of the iconic resistance fighter Mohamed Fekini, it tells the story of Libya under Ottoman and Italian rule from the point of view of the colonized. Translator(s): Shugaar, Antony. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1HBL; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108868
- ISBN
- 9780230108868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. Through his writings, the leading East India Company servant, Sir John Malcolm helped to shape the historical thought of British empire-building in India. This book uses his works to examine the intellectual history of British expansion in South Asia, and shed light on the history of orientalism and indirect rule and the formation of British power. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108851
- ISBN
- 9780230108851
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Paperback. This volume provides an introduction to the history of the Soviet armed forces from 1917 to 1991. The authors highlight the many facets of the Cold War, including the rise of the Soviet Navy after the Great Patriotic War and the collapse of the Soviet Union which marks its twentieth anniversary in 2011. Editor(s): Higham, Robin; Kagan, Frederick W. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108394
- ISBN
- 9780230108394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.97
€ 99.97
Paperback. In 1804 French Saint-Domingue became the independent nation of Haiti after the only successful slave uprising in world history. Before Haiti explains the origins of this free colored class, exposes the ways its members both supported and challenged slavery, and examines how they created their own New World identity from 1760 to 1804. Series: Americas in the Early Modern Atlantic World. Num Pages: 407 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTR; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108370
- ISBN
- 9780230108370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 97.03€ 81.16
€ 97.03
€ 81.16
Hardcover. An interpretative history of the emergence and consolidation of the modern state in Jordan, this book examines the resilience of the Hashemite monarchy and the economic sources of social power under Ottoman, British, and post-colonial Hashemite rule. Series: Middle East Today. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; HBJF; HBLW3; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108011
- ISBN
- 9780230108011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.51
€ 138.51
Hardcover. Nyla Ali Khan, the granddaughter of the first Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, gives an insider's analysis on the political and social turmoil that has eroded the ethos and fabric of Kasmiri culture. She monitors the effects of nationalist, militant, and religious discourses and praxes on a gender-based hierarchy. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 234 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; HBJF; HRH; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366. Between India and Pakistan. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. 234 pages, Illustrations. Nyla Ali Khan, the granddaughter of the first Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, gives an insider's analysis on the political and social turmoil that has eroded the ethos and fabric of Kasmiri culture. She monitors the effects of nationalist, militant, and religious discourses and praxes on a gender-based hierarchy. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; HBJF; HRH; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 17. Weight: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230107649
- ISBN
- 9780230107649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.32
€ 67.32
Hardcover. Drawing on his knowledge of the technical aspects of civil aviation, Alan P. Dobson's history of the international aviation system, from 1945 to the present day, stresses the hitherto unacknowledged role Franklin D. Roosevelt played in implementing the principles that came to govern the entire global aviation system. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; KNGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 207 x 23. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230106666
- ISBN
- 9780230106666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. An insider's account of the Postville case, this book gauges the raid's human, social, and economic impact, based on interaction with the main participants and interviews with local citizens and arrestees in the US and Guatemala. Num Pages: 268 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFN; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105850
- ISBN
- 9780230105850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Paperback. This book offers a social and cultural history of American culture in the formative years of the twentieth century, examining forms such as vaudeville, early film, popular songs, modernist art, and many others in the context of contemporary social changes. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360. A Social History, 1900-1920. 264 pages, illustrations. This book offers a social and cultural history of American culture in the formative years of the twentieth century, examining forms such as vaudeville, early film, popular songs, modernist art, and many others in the context of contemporary social changes. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 17. Weight: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105843
- ISBN
- 9780230105843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.24
€ 66.24
Hardcover. This is the first book-length study of the French Caribbean presence in Africa, and serves as a unique contribution to the field of African Diaspora and Colonial studies. By using administrative records, newspapers, and interviews, it explores the French Caribbean presence in the colonial administration in Africa before World War II. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105447
- ISBN
- 9780230105447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. Nabih Barri is a key figure in the Lebanese and Shi'ite politics for the last three decades. As the leader of the Shi'ite Amal movement since 1980 and as the Lebanese Speaker since 1992, Barri played a major role in all political events and processes in Lebanon between the early 1980's and today, including the current severe Lebanese crisis. Series: Middle East in Focus. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBL; BGH; HBJF1; JPF; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105355
- ISBN
- 9780230105355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25