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paperback. Margaret, saint and 11th-century Queen of the Scots, remains an often-cited yet little-understood historical figure. Keene's analysis of sources in terms of both time and place including her Life of Saint Margaret, translated for the first time allows for an informed understanding of the forces that shaped this captivating woman." Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349343102
ISBN
9781349343102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 183.15

paperback. This study examines the origins and development of racism in North America through addressing the inception and persistence of the concept of "race" and the biology of human variance. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFF; JFSL; JHM; JHMC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2007
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349370290
ISBN
9781349370290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.87

paperback. "Performing Magic on the Western Stage" examines magic as a performing art and meaningful social practice, linking magic to cultural arenas such as religion, finance, gender, and nationality. Editor(s): Hass, Lawrence; Coppa, Francesca; Peck, James. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 253 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; DS; HBJK; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2008
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349374649
ISBN
9781349374649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

paperback. Editor(s): Gabriele, Matthew; Stuckey, Jace. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HRC; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2008
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349375066
ISBN
9781349375066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 137.55

paperback. This book sets out to narrate the contributions to and influence on the history of Chile that British visitors and immigrants have had, not as bystanders but as key players, starting in 1554 with the English Queen 'Bloody Mary' becoming Queen of Chile, and ending with the decline of British influence following the Second World War. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJK; HBTQ; JFC; JFF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2009
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349381098
ISBN
9781349381098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.22
€ 50.89

paperback. No other cinematic genre more sharply illustrates the contradictions of American society - notions about social class, politics, and socio-economic ideology - than the war film. This book examines the latest cycle of war films to reveal how they mediate and negotiate the complexities of war, class, and a military-political mission largely gone bad. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; HBJK; HBL; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349447435
ISBN
9781349447435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.93

paperback. This groundbreaking study offers a rare window into the history of slavery in the Sudan, with particular attention to the relationships between slaves and masters. Thoroughly documented, it provides valuable context to current issues of global concern and combats persistent myths about African slavery. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJH; HBTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349449118
ISBN
9781349449118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 137.67

paperback. For a millennium and a half in China, Christianity has been perceived as a foreign religion for a foreign people. This volume investigates various historical attempts to articulate a Chinese Christianity, comparing the roles that Western and Latin forms of Christian theology have played with the potential role of Eastern Orthodox theology. Series: Christianities of the World. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HRA; HRAC; HRCM; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349457342
ISBN
9781349457342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.88

paperback. At Home in the Institution examines space and material culture in asylums, lodging houses and schools in Victorian and Edwardian England, and explores the powerful influence of domesticity on all three institutional types. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349458332
ISBN
9781349458332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 116.16

paperback. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349458820
ISBN
9781349458820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.56

paperback. Editor(s): Sterckx, Roel. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBTB; HRA; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2005
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349527465
ISBN
9781349527465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.40

paperback. Editor(s): Reynolds, E. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349527489
ISBN
9781349527489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.87

paperback. The history of nuclear age urban planning, civil defense, and continuity of goverment programs in one of the nation's most critical Cold War targets: Washington, D.C. This book shows how the Cold War affected Washington and its racially divided population. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; HBW; JPA; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2006
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349528974
ISBN
9781349528974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 182.64

paperback. This book considers how white U.S.-Americans may participate in racial justice-making, and shows how 'white' identities embody problematic moral realities, arguing that reparations for people of African descent and sovereignty for Native peoples are critical for racial justice and transformation of what it means to be white in the United States. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HPQ; HRA; HRAB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2007
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349537464
ISBN
9781349537464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.85

paperback. Formed in the wake of May 1968, the Prisons Information Group (GIP) was a radical resistance movement active in France in the early 1970's. Theorist Michel Foucault was heavily involved. This book collects interdisciplinary essays that explore the GIP's resources both for Foucault studies and for prison activism today. Editor(s): Dilts, Andrew; Zurn, Perry. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; JHB; JHBA; JKV; JKVP; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349552863
ISBN
9781349552863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 94.01

paperback. Editor(s): MacDonald, Victoria-Maria. Num Pages: 365 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; JNK; JNSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United States
Edition
2004th Edition
Number of pages
365
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403960870
ISBN
9781403960870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.22
€ 51.63

hardcover. Num Pages: 377 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United States
Edition
2004th Edition
Number of pages
377
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403963574
ISBN
9781403963574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.75
€ 89.63

hardcover. Num Pages: 476 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United States
Edition
1st ed. 2090
Number of pages
476
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403975898
ISBN
9781403975898
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 242.62
€ 196.88

paperback. This is the concluding volume of a three-volume, widely acclaimed biography of William Pitt the Younger, who was Prime Minister of England from 1783 to 1801 and from 1804 to his death in 1806. The present volume covers the years from 1797 to his death, a period filled with momentous events. Num Pages: 720 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1088. Clean copy with some tearing to front cover. Tear has been repaired with tape. Remains a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Constable and Company Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0023900
ISBN
9780094659902
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 6.23

hardcover. This volume tells the story of the first sixty years of Chamberlain's life. Num Pages: 660 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 123. Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0024014
ISBN
9780521257244
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.23

paperback. A history of the Habsburg monarchy from the end of the Holy Roman Empire to the monarchy's dissolution in 1918. It offers an insight into the problems inherent in the attempt to give peace, stability and common loyalty to a heterogeneous population. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 1DVH; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232. Good clean copy. Covers showing light age and shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0030917
ISBN
9780140134988
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.23

paperback. An interpretative history of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union between 1850 and 1991, showing how the countries of this vast area were transformed from traditional, agrarian societies into modern industrial states. The text discusses how these transformations affected both governments and people. Num Pages: 488 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722. Good clean copy. Covers showing light age and shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Red Globe Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0030924
ISBN
9780333662946
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.23

paperback. Drawing on unpublished correspondence and other archival sources, this biography of Philip of Spain places him within the social, cultural, religious and regional context of his times. In doing so the author aims to reveal much about Philip the youth, the man, the husband and often troubled King. Num Pages: 400 pages, 32 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 664. Good clean copy. Covers showing a little shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0030976
ISBN
9780300078008
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.23

paperback. Pictorial account of the 916 Rising in Dublin, each photograph accompanied by a contemporary picture. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 10. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781856352765
ISBN
9781856352765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.74

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